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Old Jul 25, 2014, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by mattbear View Post
This is my first time posting on a forum like this and it is a last ditch attempt to sort out the way I act. I' am 19 years old and I have only been in 2 relationships my entire life.

In my previous relationship I was incredibly insecure, and added to multiple things it eventually led to the relationships downfall. I was not exactly treated right by the girl, she'd lie and talk to other guys without me knowing, and I think this is what caused my insecurity to flare up. A while later I went into a relationship with a much nicer girl, she is loyal, kind, and loves me, which I should be certain of because deep down I know its true.. except there's a part of me that keeps nagging at me, telling me it isn't.

She has never done anything to betray my trust, she has never done anything to hurt me and I'am incredibly lucky to have her, but sometimes I get my mind wrapped around the smallest things and its almost as if I make them into a much larger deal than they should be. For example, I keep telling myself that if I don't interest her constantly, she will be interested elsewhere and leave me, just like that. I convince myself I have to be perfect to make sure she'll be with me, I compare myself to everyone, thinking of how I can improve.

There is times I see sense and realize, if I wasn't what she wanted she wouldn't be with me, but for some reason I always become insecure again at some point. It usually builds up inside of me, I talk to her about it and it ends in an argument. Its like a blowout for all my insecurity and afterwards I'am okay for a while. I can tell it hurts her a lot, she says she has done nothing to make me think like this, and it hurts me in turn because I know its true and I know i'm insecure... yet I cannot stop my insecurity creeping back.
As I said its my first time posting here, I'm upset by my actions and my state of mind, I don't want to drive her away because I love her an incredible amount. If any of you have any tips or personal experience I would be grateful.

Thanks
OMG!! I'm going through that exact same thing with my boyfriend! I can neither prove nor disprove my suspicions, even though I can't find any real reasons to have them! And yet, there are times when I am whole heartedly convinced that I'm RIGHT not to trust/believe in him. I don't understand why! I find myself wanting to check his phone, Facebook and such, just to prove to myself once & for all that's it's all in my head & not true, but at the same time I'm always expecting to catch him in a lie. I don't know what's wrong with me! I think part of my problem (aside from being lied to & hurt in the past ) is that I've gone against my "gut instinct" before and lived to regret not listening to it. And that has me wondering if this is one of
those situations. But I have also been 100% sure of something & been wrong too. So now I don't know what to believe! I know this isn't helpful to you, but I do know how you feel! Hopefully we'll both find an answer!

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