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How to deal with intense spikes of jealousy and being a chronic overthinker

User Profile: OutisCyrko
OutisCyrko September 21st, 2025

So I've been with my boyfriend for about 2 months now after taking a break when I broke up with my ex.  I broke up with him because in the 3 months before I decided to break it off, I started realizing that he doesn't really care the same way I did for him.  My ex treated me like another one of his friends and that really put me off.  I felt like I was putting in all the effort in the relationship and he was kinda just coasting along.  Now with my new boyfriend, I've started noticing habits or issues that I never had in my previous relationship.  First of all, I'm starting to overthink everything.  For example: I know he's a slow replier, yet I still get nervous whenever he takes long to reply.  I start thinking stuff like "is he mad at me" or "did I do something wrong", when in reality he's just busy or forgot to reply.  (Context: we are classmates and haven't gone public with our relationship.)  Or maybe when I see one of his friends being "too friendly" or touchy with him I start getting jealous and angry at that friend, even start seeing them as threats.  Then when I step back and think "dude he can have friends, it wouldn't make sense if he got mad when you hang out with your friends now would it", I realize how irrational my feelings were.  Logically speaking, I know our relationship is in a good place.  But in my head, it feels like extreme highs and lows.  With every intimate and loving moment that makes me feel close with him, there's always a moment that just completely brings me down, whether for good reason or not.

Please help me guys 

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User Profile: Amanda84
Amanda84 September 23rd, 2025

@OutisCyrko

You are human and we all go through those phases of thinking dude text me back, like now.

What else could be more important 😁

I get it .

It's hard but trust has to come first and ultimately you cannot control things, you can only have fun and enjoy what you have, not look for cracks.

Be gentle on yourself though, it's a learning curve and takes time and communication.

Wishing you both genuinely all the happiness in the world 💜💕