we want to trust that the people we live with, work with, and love, are going to do everything in their power not to hurt us. certainly, when we perceive trust has been broken, it is difficult to regain. you need to trust yourself to handle whatever he does or whatever happens in life and you need to trust spirit to only provide that which you need to handle.” even though it seemed counter-intuitive that i didn’t have to trust …

you may be using overthinking as a way to gain control and alleviate the anxiety that this uncertain situation brings. to stop overthinking in relationships, it’s important to identify and accept the things that are and are not in your locus (or area) of control. you can become overwhelmed at the thought of the relationship unexpectedly ending in a similar way to your past experience. if this is the case, your overthinking will stop when your partner stops the untrustworthy …

if you have trust issues, chances are that you quickly jump to conclusions as you anticipate the worst outcome for each possibility. you can think of trust issues as a coping mechanism. learning how to deal with trust issues is really just a matter of doing away with fear and fully embracing all your emotions. it won’t be easy, but with less fear and an open perspective, you can find the strength to trust without fear.

of course, you can’t …

a healthy relationship requires the kind of vulnerability that you can only achieve with full trust in a partner. “there isn’t a magic path to healing, and it’s not even necessarily about having the exact right partner to help you work through your trust issues,” says brown. that’s especially true when it comes to handling trust issues because you want your new partner to be aware of what actions might be triggering for you in a relationship. this is something …

anxiety can work in curious ways, and it will impact different relationships differently, so not all of the following will be relevant for every relationship. you will also have an enormous capacity to think of other people – anxious people do – but make sure that you let you partner in on the thoughts that arrest you. anxiety can be triggered by nothing in particular – that’s one of the awful things about it – so it will look for …