Does anyone here struggle with anxiety with their significant other or friends/acquaintances? 

I’m constantly stressed and anxious that I’m annoying my boyfriend or doing things that would cause him to not like me anymore, even when things have been going really well. I’ll hyperfocus on one specific thing I said or did and feel like I ruined the whole thing, or I’ll read into the tiniest thing he did and assume it’s a “sign”. It goes away when he says sweet things to me or does sweet things, but it inevitably always comes back. I feel like it comes from a root of disliking myself in a way, but it really sucks to feel like I always want to ask if he still likes me, or being worried I’m right around the corner from being dumped. To be clear, my boyfriend has been nothing but sweet and kind and supportive and I can think of all the things he’s done that make me feel better, and it does make me feel better, but only until my mind turns over on to ways I might’ve fucked it all up. 

I do the same with friendships or especially with acquaintances, where I hyperfocus on one thing I did that must’ve made them hate me, and usually they don’t care or even think about it, but I’ll think about it none the less. 

I guess they’re just a form of intrusive thoughts, because it feels impossible to move on from sometimes in my head. It just sucks but I know it’s almost ALWAYS me just having anxiety and not the other person actually hating me.