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Waiting for a text back can be agonizing.

We've all been there: The moment you press Send, your heart begins to race with anticipation of a reply back from whomever you're texting at the time.

An hour goes by with no response; you start to analyze what you sent, reading it over and over again 25 times to make sure your iPhone didn't autocorrect one of your words into something unforgiveable.

Once the two-hour mark hits, you've hit absolute panic mode. In your mind, there are only two things that could have possibly happened: that person has mentally thrown you in the crazy bin and has run for the hills OR a car has just hit them and they can't text right away. Of course, there's a good chance that neither of these things actually happened, but we like to work ourselves up in a way that makes us think so.

The next morning (technically evening, since you haven't slept at all) you will likely receive a text simply explaining a situation of a dead phone battery. All of those scenarios you created in your head suddenly make you feel like maybe you really should be put in the loony bin.

Now, in my experience, the waiting game can be a leading cause of nervous breakdowns. I wish I had found a cure for it by now, but my eyelids still twitch just as much now as they did in the seventh grade. For the ladies going through a similar situation, it's important to remember that sometimes members of the opposite sex just get caught up with waxing their chests and forget about their phones for a while — this doesn't necessarily mean they've lost all interest in you and are filing for a restraining order (that only happens on a rare occasion). As for the guys, girls can be the exact same way and sometimes they enjoy making you wait a while.

However if you're the one not delivering a response, know that every minute you wait to press Send, the other person spends counting their arm hairs in agony. That's what I've heard, anyway.

Let the waiting games begin!