I have a hard time knowing what validation of my feelings looks like. When I tell my boyfriend that I'm scared he's going to leave me, he says he isn't going to and that my feelings aren't valid because they aren't based on truth. I told him feelings are very real regardless of the reason. It hurts me when people brush off my feelings because they affect me so much it is hard to see them as unreal. What would it look like for someone to validate my fears of abandonment?