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Fear of Losing You
Relationship insecurity isn’t always about what’s happening now, it often traces back to what already happened. That one parent who walked out, the friend who betrayed your trust, or the past relationship where you gave your all, and it still wasn’t enough.
Over time, you learn to expect abandonment, and that expectation becomes your lens. You start reacting not to the person in front of you, but to the ghosts of those who hurt you before. You become hyper-vigilant, needy, overly accommodating, or you shut down completely to protect yourself from potential pain.
You try not to overthink it, but your heart is always bracing for the moment love might walk away. Is it not exhausting to be able to get the job and always be emotionally alert, scanning every word, tone, and shift in mood for clues? And the hardest part is you don’t want to be this way, but the fear is real.
It’s a difficult space to live in, where love feels like a threat rather than a safe haven. But the truth is, the fear of being left often makes us act in ways that push people away.
When we don’t feel secure within ourselves, we look to others for reassurance, for validation, for emotional survival. But no one, no matter how loving or devoted, can fix what’s broken inside us. That’s our work, and it’s hard work.
To start healing, we have to name the fear. Be honest about it. Not just to the other person, but to ourselves. Open up about it, like “I feel afraid that you’ll leave me. And I’m not sure how to stop feeling that way.” That’s not weakness; that’s emotional bravery.
Honestly, vulnerability doesn’t push people away; fear disguised as control or silence does. If the person on the other end cares, they will lean in. And if they don’t, maybe they were never safe enough to begin with.
Real love involves two people who can see each other’s wounds without weaponising them. But the healing starts when one person decides to stop bleeding on people who didn’t cut them.
That healing often may require therapy, honest self-reflection, and a community that mirrors back your worth when you forget it. It also means challenging the story you’ve told yourself about why people leave and replacing it with a new story: people may leave, but that doesn’t make you unlovable or unworthy.
Sometimes, insecurity in relationships looks like over-giving. Sometimes it hides behind perfectionism. Other times it looks like keeping people at a distance because closeness feels unsafe.
But no matter how it looks, the root is often the same: fear. And fear loses its grip when we learn to sit with it, speak to it, and most importantly, heal it. Because the love you’re terrified of losing can never be fully enjoyed until you believe you’re worthy of it.
To everyone reading this who has ever loved with one eye open and a foot halfway out the door, thank you for staying with this series. Thank you for doing the hard work of looking inward.
As we continue exploring the theme of insecurities, may you find the courage to unlearn fear and relearn self-worth. You are not too much. You are not too broken. And no, you don’t to earn your place in someone’s heart.
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Have you ever feared losing someone you deeply loved, even when they gave you no reason to? What did that fear make you do?
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