Sex Goes All Sorts of Wrong in New Movie Analysis Paralysis

The new comedy from Jason T. Gaffney explores moving through anxiety while dating.

Tracy E. Gilchrist

Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP of Editorial and Special Projects at equalpride. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.

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In the new movie Analysis Paralysis, a gay man faces intense anxiety that renders him unable to try new things because he imagines all of the ways in which a situation could backfire.

Director and star Jason T. Gaffney (Tyler) also cowrote the script with his father, Ed Gaffney.

Faced with the condition known as analysis paralysis, Tyler pushes through his anxiety and asks his neighbor Shane (Kevin Held) on a date. They eventually become involved despite the myriad ways Tyler envisions it could all go wrong.

"As a filmmaker, my goal is to make movies set in the inclusive, welcoming, LGBTQ-friendly world where I grew up. My coming-out-at-age-fifteen story was basically my mom kissing me, and saying 'I know. I love you. Where did you put your dirty socks? I'm doing a load of laundry,''' Gaffney, who has long-suffered from anxiety, said in a release.

"Although there's definitely still an important place in LGBTQ films for angsty coming-out dramas, I just don't see my own reflection in those stories," he adds.

In the clip below, Tyler envisions several nightmare scenarios for how his first time hooking up with Shane could go.

Analysis Paralysis is available on Amazon, iTunes, and Google Play.