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How to Maintain Independence with an Anxiously Attached Partner

My girlfriend wants to know where I am all the time and I feel like I'm losing myself but when I ask for space she breaks down crying.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

One person's reasonable need for autonomy becomes another's evidence of abandonment, creating an impossible choice between self and other.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Attachment Styles in Romantic Relationship?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.