Dating Someone With Abandonment Issues: Is It Hard?

Dating someone with abandonment issues is completely different from any other dating experience.

Maybe your partner was hurt in past, or maybe they had tough time in their childhood. Anyway, it all has a big influence on their present life and especially on romantic relationship. Before dating someone with abandonment issues or taking things to the next level, let's look more closely at this issue and find the ways how to deal with it and leave your relationship in a good place.

What should you know about abandonment issues?

Hopefully, you already understand that but having abandonment issues is not something they can change. If you are dating someone with abandonment issues you should be prepared to treat them more passionately and try to understand their actual feelings.

If you think that your partner has abandonment issues but you are not sure yet, here are some sings you can check to find out:

A person with abandonment issues is more likely to project their fear through jealousy.

A person with abandonment issues may reject their partner even before their partner rejects them.

A person with abandonment issues tends to have a fear of staying alone, therefore they are always looking for new friends.

A person with abandonment issues will abandon first, just not to be abandoned and save themselves from harm.

If you see by all these sings that your partner may have abandonment issues, here are some tips for you how to deal with this situation.

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What to do if you are dating someone with abandonment issues?

First, be patient. The easiest way of reducing your partner's anxiety is showing them your love. The fear of abandonment will decrease significantly if you will constantly remind your partner that you will never abandon them.

Second, decide what is important for you. You can't change someone with such an issue, only over a big amount of time. So if you are are not ready to deal with it right now, better end this relationship as soon as possible, before they get attached to you and it would be hard to break up without hurting anyone.

And more importantly, know that you are not the problem! Just be supportive and loving as usual. Only then this relationship will work out.

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