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spiritedrabbit
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PathStep 1 Compassion hearts9 Forum posts1 Forum upvotes0 Current upvotes0 Age GroupAdult Last activeDecember, 2024 Member sinceAugust 29, 2024
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I am a 24yo female struggling with taking control over my emotions. I’ve been going through a breakup these past few weeks and I’m realizing how much of an anxious person I am. I want to learn to manage my emotions better and stop overthinking and build a better relationship with myself.

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Anxiety caused by avoidant partner
Anxiety Support / by spiritedrabbit
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 August 31st, 2024
...See more I am going through a breakup right now with someone who has always had a difficult time opening up emotionally. He is a great man with good morals but carries a lot of trauma and only opened up once in his life to his best friend. I loved him truly and I wanted to be there for him, but I realized the more I try to connect the more anxious I‘d feel because he would not reciprocate. He’s also not the type of person who enjoys “deep chats”, and while we were in a relationship he did not seem to care to ask about what I think about to the level I wanted and all in all I felt very neglected and concluded that he did not love me in the first place. But one week after we broke up I told him this, and he broke into tears saying he does love me and that he just can’t open up emotionally to anyone and was going though depression. We had a heart to heart conversation and now we are talking about potentially getting back together. I knew I had anxious attachment but I never knew it was this bad. I want to be able to control my emotions but they’re controlling me. I know I rambled a lot but if anyone has any thoughts on how I should approach this I’d really appreciate it. If I can, I want to try again while learning to better manage my emotions as we love each other deeply and both want to heal.
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