relationship anxiety
Fear of abandonment
Relationship anxiety is persistent worry about romantic partnerships—fear of rejection, abandonment, or inadequacy that interferes with connection.
Someone with relationship anxiety might constantly seek reassurance, overanalyze their partner's behavior, or sabotage good relationships preemptively: Her relationship anxiety made her read rejection into every unanswered text.
The term appears in pop psychology and therapy contexts.
- insecureLacking self-assurance
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- fear of abandonmentDread of being left behind
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- clingyTending to hold on
overthinking · doubt · trust · trust issues · fear · abandonment · needy · worried · codependent · possessive · walking on eggshells · vulnerable · reassurance · spiraling · texting · waiting · left on read · silence
- social disorderssocial phobia, social withdrawal, social isolation, social awkwardness, selective mutism
- attachment issuesattachment disorder, attachment issues, avoidant attachment, attachment trauma, insecure attachment
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