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How To Start Overcoming Abandonment Issues

It isn’t fear of abandonment that sabotages our relationships, it’s how we handle it. Fear of abandonment is primal fear - not something we get rid of. It is universal to all human beings and a driving force in our...
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Do I have an "attachment problem" and freak out unnecessarily when I fear abandonment or do I have reason to be concerned right now?

Just some background, me and this guy had been talking for months prior to our first meeting, times that we talked the night through and for hours and hours. We weren't strangers when we met & it wasn't really awkward...
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My anxiety is ruining my relationship and my boyfriend wants a break. Help?

I'm having serious personal issues when it comes to my relationship. I tend to get upset fairly quickly about little things. Some times I have feel he doesn't want to be with me or around me. We live together and because...
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Ghosting: Psychological Abandonment- The Hurt that Lack of Courage Causes

Do people not realize that Casper was really not a friendly ghost? He was disrespectful and self-centered... ..........so is Ghosting someone that you have dated or cared about. Whether you have went on one date, or...
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Going crazy with pain? Imagining my ex's future?

Next Monday my husband will divorce me. The reason is that he thinks I am too attached to him and "smothering" him, while I think he doesn't really behave like a husband. In fact, latelly he was living like he was single,...
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Going crazy with pain, thinking of my ex's future?

Next Monday my husband will divorce me. The reason is that he thinks I am too attached to him and "smothering" him, while I think he doesn't really behave like a husband. In fact, latelly he was living like he was single,...
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What is she thinking?

A woman I know has defintely got me confused and I'm hoping someone can help me understand her. She says she has daddy issues, but basically she suffers from abandonment issues, partly to do with her dad, partly to do...
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Where can I find men who are Vulnerable Narcissists?

In my previous post, I described how I become obsessed and clingy once I've developed romantic feelings for a guy. A Vulnerable Narcissist is my best match. I only crush on males with certain traits and mannerisms whom I...
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Anxiety Ruining my Relationship? He hasn't said I love you?

I am in a pickle. I have major anxiety and worry constantly about daily things. When it comes to relationships, I feel as though I am a mess. I have very low self-worth and fear rejection and abandonment. I have been...
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How can I stop feeling tense when I'm around my ex?

We are still in each other's lives because we have a lot of the same friends and often end up at the same parties and things. Bottom line is I have forgiven myself and him and our situation. I have moved on and am a...
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Growing Up in a Cruel, Cruel World: A Young Girl Left Behind

#GaGWritingContest This post could be triggering to anyone who has been a victim of abuse or has a sensitive heart. Read with caution. Several years ago I was a happy, energetic little girl. I would look for the best in...
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I Will Always Be There For You: A Message To Anyone In Need Of A Friend

I know what it's like to go through some pretty shitty times. I've dealt with abuse, abandonment issues, mild depression, severe anxiety, self harm, ridicule for that self harm, and bullying for my weight, height, foot...
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Breakups & Co-parenting all in the same house?

my current ex is someone I dated in 2006 we were together 3months and broke up because I cheated (I was 15 at the time) so anyways we hooked back up in 2008 for 2 months and then got back together in 2010. He's a foster...
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What It Feels Like To Have Borderline Personality Disorder: Trying To Understand Myself

Some years ago, some people suggested I probably had bpd but I never got an official diagnose until after new years, when I had the worst episode I’ve had in my life. So, for the past 2 months, I’ve been trying really...
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Have I developed a fear of abandonment in my relationships?

I had a wonderful life growing up with my family. I was adopted from another country when I was 2 months old and taken care of by a caring family that loved me very much. I always had love and supoort from them. However,...
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Jealous and Freaking out?

So I've been dating this guy, perfect relationship and I've never really had a relationship this good with anyone before. i come from a dysfunctional family, parents divorced early, dad kicked us out, abandonment issues...
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My best friend has a new boyfriend and I feel more lonely than ever. Feeling selfish and no idea what to do?

I feel selfish for feeling this way. I am happy for her. she's been through some shitty stuff and she deserves this. I'm just starting to feel lonely and I feel terrible for it. In the past other friends have given so...
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Rejection by my mother?

I wanted and needed support by my family. My family wanted me to pay a price for the support after years of already abandonment and abuse. In so many words, this summer my older brother pulled my hair and dragged down the...
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Soo.. Promise rings?

Weve been dating for a year now, and we are really serious about each other. I want to marry him. I've never wanted to marry someone before. I have never had such a connection with anyone in my entire life. And he really...
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Weve been dating for a year now, and we are really serious about each other. I want to marry him. I've never wanted to marry someone before. I have never had such a connection with Show More
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GaGers, how can I get over my abandonment issues?

I can't lie to myself anymore. I've tried so hard for 14 years to ignore my feelings, justify my actions, and redirect blame towards something happening currently versus what happened to me in the past. This is a bit...
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