Anxiety VS control
Does anyone else’s anxiety get mistook for being controlling? Simple things like asking my boyfriend to let me know where he is or how long he will be to ease my mind makes him feel like I’m controlling him. We live together and he doesn’t have to tell me his every move but when he leaves the house and is fine for an hour and doesn’t tell me where he’s going it makes me super anxious. But I get told I’m just a control freak.
@shyBirch6012
Yes that is a common occurrence some people when you ask items feel you are being micro managing when in fact there is a valid reason for the request i get angry when i have to explian ... so i can time dinner i need to know when you will be home etc.
I get called controlling in every argument. He doesn’t understand anxiety and has never tried.
I can definitely relate. Although, in my situation, it's more on my parents and siblings. I ask them sometimes, where are you going and they ask me, why? I thought it was a given that I'd wonder and be curious since I also need them for transportation and service. But, of course, other than that, I always want to know where they are 'cause I get worried too and miss them from time to time.
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