Hi there,

I'm writing this post because I'm curious if anyone else has had a similar experience to me regarding some form of separation anxiety.

Ever since I was a kid (10 - 16 years of age maybe), my mum used to leave the house frequently without any warning and go drinking with her friends. I would get super anxious because I didn't like her drinking for whatever reason, and text and call her asking when she'd be back. I remember that she'd answer sometimes, give me a time but would almost never arrive home at that time, so I'd call and text more but wouldn't get much response after a while. I don't know why this stressed me out so much, but I'd cry and freak out for seemingly no reason. I wasn't worried she'd get hurt necessarily (sometimes I had fleeting worries but this wasn't the cause) so I'm still confused as to why I find it so upsetting when people do this.

I'm 21 years old and haven't experienced this for a while, not until I got a boyfriend who will occasionally go out without me and drink with his friends. The same thing happens now, if he stops replying or doesn't answer my calls, I get deeply upset and I don't know why. I obviously have fleeting worries that something bad is going on, but this again is not why I worry. I don't know why I worry. I feel as though its to do with the fact that I can't predict or know whats going on/what time he'll be back etc etc. 

Does anyone else get this? Does it have a name other than separation anxiety?