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Relationship Anxiety
When doubt and uncertainty won't go away...
Not all relationships bring comfort. Sometimes, instead of feeling safe, loved, or certain, you feel:
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Unsettled—but don’t know why.
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Nervous or tense around your partner.
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Unsure whether the problem is you or the relationship.
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You’re waiting for something to go wrong.
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Conflicted between love and doubt.
That is how relationship anxiety starts—a pattern of fear, stress or uncertainty that makes it hard to trust your partner and build deeper relationship roots.​​​
What is Relationship Anxiety Disorder?
We all have relationship anxiety, Relationship anxiety is having any relationship worry or concern - we all worry sometimes. It is important to notice when the anxiety is becoming constant.
Relationship anxiety disorder is a persistent worry, doubt, or fear about a relationship that doesn’t go away—and is common when you are going through conflict or splitting up.”
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What relationship anxiety disorder can look and feel like:
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You analyze your partner’s behavior, looking for signs they’re unhappy.
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You feel clingy or overly dependent, needing reassurance constantly.
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You have physical symptoms—maybe a tight chest, nausea and brain fog—when thinking about the relationship.
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Your confused and can't think. You struggle making a decision,
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Your mind is overly busy: “Am I being too much?” “What if they leave?” “Should I stay?”
How Relationship Anxiety Affects Mental Health
Relationship anxiety is easy to overlook. Be careful that you do pay attention to your own self care as relationship anxiety be affecting your own mental health—and hurting others around us.
Has your own mental health got worse recently?
These health issues are often by triggered by relationship anxiety:
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Panic Attacks - Sudden, intense fear episodes with overwhelming physical symptoms.
Burnout - Emotional exhaustion and brain fog - a depression - high anxiety cycle.
Narcissistic Trauma - Chronic self-doubt caused by gaslighting and emotional manipulation.
Emotional Eating (and Restricted Eating) Controlling food to cope with anxiety and stress.
What Causes Your Relationship Anxiety?
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