Been seeing a guy for a few months now and I can’t stop myself from getting in my head. I’ve never been in a solid relationship before like this and I’m afraid I’m going to mess it up. We’re together most nights and some nights I need a night off or some space, but when I don’t hear from him I get paranoid that I did something.
I don’t know how to just let things be and feel we’re as good as I know we are.

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Is this a question? Seems like if it is you answered your own question. Get out of your head! Good luck! 🙂

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It sounds like your insecurities are eating away at you. I don’t think it’s something you should judge yourself for or be mad at yourself about. It just is the situation. To address it, I think it’ll be good to get some reassurances from your bf. Share with him this exact feeling. He’ll understand and want to help. If he doesn’t, then consider if he’s really someone you want to be with in your darkest times

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It’s very important to build your self-esteem when you’re in a relationship and not rely on that other person to build it for you. That stops you from worrying about what happens if that person decides to leave you. You always need to realize that it’s their loss and that it doesn’t say anything about you (unless you’re toxic and you really need to change). Then, you need to be open about your insecurities. Everybody has them. It doesn’t mean that you can’t date. But you have to be honest with how you’re feeling otherwise it’ll blow up. After that, you set a boundary for yourself. Anybody who doesn’t understand and respect that this is an issue for you and wants to help you get over it probably, isn’t your cup of tea. Reassurance is important and you’re not insane for feeling this way

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