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- 2y
Rocd/anxious attachment
I feel like I’ll get these STRONG feelings that my partner will cheat on me or is cheating on me even though I have little to no evidence of this. We even just had an amazing open and honest talk about where we want our relationship to go and he’s been consistently honest and followed through since we’ve started dating. The problem is that he really enjoys his alone time and there’s huge gaps between text 5-6 hours. This isn’t a change in behavior because it’s been this way since we started dating 4 months ago. But now since I’m falling in love with him I am so worried something terrible will happen or is happening and I ruminate looking for evidence and looking for signs that I’m right everywhere because my biggest fear is being cheated on and lied to for a long period of time without knowing. I do have self esteem issues that I need to work through as well, but it’s hard because I’ve been cheated on before and it was devastating and has left me with more trust issues then I’ve ever had. I’m even open and honest about my fear of cheating and no matter what he says or does it DOESNT alleviate my anxieties and my “gut feelings” (although I hate that term because what even is that?) I waste hours looking at videos, reading articles of cheating partners, the signs to look for, stories of the partners or got cheated on. I know I would never cheat on him, my ocd fixated on what he could do, what is he capable of doing, and how can I protect myself. I’m so exhausted and defeated. What do I do?