Hi, I have had issues with anxiety for most of my life and I’m currently in a pretty healthy and happy relationship (5 months so far), however I’ve been overthinking things a lot. I have a lot of abandonment issues and anxiety related to the relationship potentially going badly even though I don’t have a reason to feel that way. When I’ve expressed this to my boyfriend he’s been super reassuring and caring about it, but part of me fears that by sharing my fears and anxieties that it may put a burden on him, cause him to resent me, or for it to almost be “spoken into existence.”

Does any have any advice on how to balance expressing for anxiety to your partner but in a healthy way? Also, do you have anything that works for you personally when you are feeling this way?