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How to stop assuming your partner will leave you

Every time my girlfriend goes out with friends I assume she's going to meet someone better and leave me and I know this thinking is crazy.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Abandonment fears create anticipatory anxiety that projects future loss onto present moments of normal independence.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Attachment in adult relationships?”

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