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Asked by Sophia Ziva on 2012-02-17

pathological jealousy and insecurity

Hello, my name is Sophia and I am 25 years old. I am in a relationship for almost three years now with a man that  is three years older than me and he is a hypnotherapist and mentalist... he is from el Salvador and came to Greece to participate on a contest. We met, fell in love and he decided to stay here with me.. We are very in love but we have been through some issues cause in the beginning of the relationship I had been unfaithful (kissed one guy once) and I was flirting. We almost broke up but we did not... But his behavior was very changed after that for a long time. This was almost 2 years ago. Since then I have become very afraid of losing him. I have become pathologically jealous and very insecure. I am controlling him and even if he speaks with another girl I lose the world down of my feet. He has tried to help but the more understanding he was and the more he did for me I wanted more and nothing counted... I ended up not trusting and believing him again. He even stopped using a mobile and I had access to all his emails and Facebook. Now I do not anymore cause he could not handle it anymore and stopped sharing them with me.. I am pushing him away but I cannot stop... And now he has to leave Greece for 15 days to go to Italy for another show and I am under panic. I am going crazy not knowing what he will do there. Why can’t I trust him? He never did something not worthy of trust and in the beginning of the relationship the first six months before the crisis we had I trusted him more than anyone.. I was feeling completely safe in his arms and he was my shelter... he made me feel peaceful and I loved it... he was my best friend and I could speak to him for everything and ask him anything.. Now it is not like that and I know I am the one to blame.. How do I stop being so possessive and jealous? How do I trust him again?

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Ashley's Answer

Answered on 2012-03-09
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Sophia,

It sounds as though you both are still in the coupling phases of your relationship, which can be quite challenging for any relationship. I would suggest seeking support through couples therapy for you and your partner. Because your relationship has experienced a breech, intervention is required for the couple system. This would require active, open, and consistent intervention to manage the trust issues that appear to be occurring between you and your partner. John Gottman discusses these issues in various books. Active intervention involves maintaining a reasonable behavior and increasing your level of tolerance of this behavior through open communication. With this type of change, you can both begin to increase your personal levels of differentiation. That is, it will begin to help strengthen each of you (through personal growth and maturity) as individuals within a couple system.  

 

Asha

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