Dating Obsession: Is that possible?

Okay here is my background: I am a male and 27 years old and still live at home with my single mother. For the last year I have been a serial dater in recent months and what I mean by that is I go on many first dates and never get anything farther than that but have no reason behind it why I do this...
I tend to stir away from relationships although I know i want one.
My mind gives me reasons as to why a girl isn't good for me although I know she probably is good for me. I always contradict myself and my ego always wins and either she stops responding which gets me depressed or I just stop responding because I would rather talk to somebody else.

My friend always pokes fun because I tend to go on many dates and I don't know why I do the thing I do? I give the reason that I am getting older now and all my friends are in relationships while some are getting married. And I feel I should be at that point as well to be dating and hopefully getting married. I believe the rush that I have in my head wanting all that is making me fail with relationships. I tend to do online dating most of the time because I work too much and do not go out much minus my days off but I am always with my friends.

Recently in the summer my mom was going through some financial issues which got me very stressed and I used dating as a way to avoid the issues at home, it worked but I did it for the wrong reasons.

Do you think I have some kind of psychological issue that is going on that i do not know about? I took a couple depression tests online (just the basic tests for fun) and it said I had mild depression but nothing too serious. I do not have a very good relationship with my mom and tend to keep to myself even when my mother is home.

Is there any books i could potentially read on how to prevent this issue I am having or should I see a psychologist? Because I think this delima is ruining my life and I am afraid that I may be alone my whole life since I am obsessing about having a relationship?

This is my first post and I know that would make me a n00b but I quickly made an account in hopes I could have a sense of what I am dealing with or if anybody else out there has the same issue and how they overcome it?

Any information would be valuable to me and thank you in advanced.

-Playmakerr333

This is obviously something you want to change. This issue may be for a variety of reasons, a fear of intimacy, attachment, all kinds of things. It might be helpful if you check out 'fear of intimacy' on the internet, you can find some self-report scales and some good articles. I like this article in particular for its simplicity http://coaching4singles.wordpress.com/2 ... ntimacy-2/

The book Reinventing your life by Jeff Young may also be helpful, so you can recognise patterns of behaviour and work out how your current behaviours in dating are influenced by your previous experiences. But therapy is definitely something to consider, it can help you identify patterns of behaviour and begin to modify them so you can actually get into a committed and satisfied relationship at some point.

Best wishes.

I will def look at both the book and the link you gave me. I don't think it's a commit issue personally I just always feel I can find someone better when I'm talking to someone. And I think I'm overly rushing it as well because I am impatient.

Playmakerr