<font color="green">Thanks y'all, I feel a bit better today. I am lactose intolerant as well as having the depression and anxiety so it can be a double or even triple whammy when the IBS hits.
Just like most of you, I have the extreme abandonment fears and even though I believe intellectually that she is not gonna abandon me.... but the fear is so intense, the past has been so predictable that I find it impossible to believe she is not going to become fed up with me. Ok that triggered the panic but good. sigh.
It feels like being caught between a rock and a hard place. If I admit my fears I might hurt her feelings or our relationship but if I don't, we can never work on the problem. And all the while panic churns in my guts.
Why do I feel so fearful, ashamed and frightened about needing her? Why does it seem that I need her so much?</font>
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