anxiety taking over my relationship

anxiety is taking over my relationship

my boyfriend (24m) and i (24f) have been dating for over a year and this entire relationship he has never done anything to make me lose trust in him. i have no reason not to trust him. i love him very much and see a future with him. i can confidently say he feels the same towards me.

so how come him doing very normal things gives me such bad anxiety? if i’m just home and he’s having drinks with friends or going out to a bar i get extremely anxious everytime. i can’t sleep, i can’t eat, i’m restless, my stomach hurts, the list goes on.

example- he stayed home tonight and had one guy friend over and they stayed a distance away, “quarantining” while drinking some beers. they hung out for hours and hours and he wasn’t responding as fast to me via text which i understand, and did not react to. simply took notice to it. but the entire time they hung out i’m anxious about weather they’re talking about girls, or invited a girl, etc. i was so tired before i got too anxious and now it’s 2:30 am and my anxiety has kept me up. they stopped hanging out an hour ago.

all i can picture when he’s doing things with other people is him with other girls and cheating on me. however if he’s out, and i go out with my friends, i can just get drunk and not worry about it as much. but this isn’t normal. it’s like if i can’t get drunk when he goes out, then i know i’ll be an anxious mess that night. i’ve even tried taking this anxiety medication a few times that my friend has (lexapro) but i don’t like how it makes me feel.

what is wrong with me? it’s like i have no reason to feel anxious but i can’t make it stop. i don’t let him know how anxious i get cause i know it doesn’t make sense but it’s taking over my life. i’ve had a therapist before where i explained my anxiety but honestly she wasn’t any help.

my dad suffers from anxiety so it’s possible i have it but i can’t go on like this. it never ever goes away. someone please help me

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