Dear Gustavo:

After you expressed your feelings to her in that letter, she told you “that this letter showing (your) affection for her actually stopped her from wanting to advance with” you. Following that, you “wrote to her if we could speak personally, but she never answered”. After that, you randomly crossed paths with her while running, and “she said hello and we both talked as if nothing had happened”.

All this evidence I pointed to  in the above paragraph means it is over, that a friendship (beyond a friendly acquaintance) and a romantic relationship is unlikely, more unlikely than it is with plenty of women you didn’t yet meet.

Regarding you identifying yourself as an Empath or an HSP, it means, as I understand it, that you feel deeply. You suggested that a woman may not “understand this and see this as a sign of weakness, attachment or probably of me rushing”-

– here is a thought that may be helpful to you: in that letter you expressed to her that “she is a special person… passing time with her is amazing, that she has a beautiful heart”- notice the adjectives: special. amazing, beautiful- these are not specific adjectives, but vague, general, non-specific. It may give a woman receiving these expressions, the feeling that you are not in love specifically with her, but with a general idea of who she may or may not be.

Here is an example of a specific expression that may cause the woman to feel that you indeed see her, and that your experience with her is genuine and specific to who she is (an example I am coming up with as I type): I like how honest you are, when you say something I don’t have to wonder if you really mean it, like I do with some people. It is such a relief and so calming to trust, like I trust you.

anita