Julie Answers: How can I find my own reassurance instead of relying on others?

Julie Borden
4 min readJun 28, 2022
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Violet says: I usually rely on my boyfriend to “fix” my anxiety and calm me down. I know it’s not fair to him and it’s affecting our relationship. I ask the same questions over and over about how he feels about me and constantly need an unhealthy amount of reassurance. I get jealous over small things and it triggers my anxiety. I don’t know how to stop…

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Julie Borden

Social worker, therapist, reader, writer, head-in-the-clouds dreamer, awed by most everything. (She/her) Reach me at JulieBordenLCSW@gmail.com.