In relationships, anxiety rarely looks like panic.
It looks like rereading a text five times.
It looks like needing reassurance, then feeling embarrassed for needing it.

Most people think they are being controlling, needy, or too much.
What is usually happening is simpler and kinder.

These patterns are not about power or manipulation.
They are about protection.

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