Relationship Anxiety
Hello folks, I've been dating my SO for almost three years now and I've started to experience relationship anxiety about a year ago. I know I'm anxiously attached and have abandonment issues so it makes sense. The thoughts are typically like "they don't care about you" "they will leave you for someone better", "they don't love you anymore because (insert reason here), etc. And lately, these thoughts have become even worse because I have started believing them a bit more. Any sort of reassurance my partner gives me I don't believe them and I feel a bit resentful towards them because of it. I am trying to work on challenging my thoughts but it has been tough. Has anyone else experienced this before or currently? If anyone has any tips, that would be great 👍
@arittn
Definitely been there and understand. The thing that finally helped me was to realize that we both were making the choice to be together. He was with me because he wanted to be and I had to really remind myself that nothing is guaranteed long-term, but that I could devote myself to enjoying what I have here and now with my SO instead of catastrophizing in my own mind and ruining what we had right here, right now.
He is lucky to have you!
