Hey guys;

My therapist is resorting to silly mental exercises to ignore the rampant paranoid thoughts in my head and so I'm turning to the people to see if any ideas bear fruit from you fine folk. 

I'm the most jealous and paranoid man I know. My past few relationship were 8, 10, and 12 months consecutively.  I've been described as a gentle, compassionate person with one hell of a temper towards people I don't like.  I've never abused or cheated, yet the above three previous relationships ended with the girls straying and it has annihilated my self confidence and trust in others.

I will admit to being insecure and needy of my partner at times, and definitely mistrust at this point.  I stayed single for a full year in an effort to become comfortable with myself in hopes that it would return some confidence.  My new girlfriend is extraordinarily kind and wonderful, if a bit spacey and scatter brained at times.  Completely my kind of girl.

Yet every time I don't hear from her when she's with guy friends or even see her at her workplace with male coworkers I'm almost overwhelmed with adrenaline and fear and, in some cases,  anger. It is damn near all consuming and crippling.  I kept the brunt of it from her for a while, and trivialized it by comparing it to a Beauty and the Beast situation because I'm a hopeless romantic .... but  now it's becoming overwhelming.

How do you learn to trust your partner? How do I cope with the near daily fears and attacks without harming my wonderful girl emotionally? 

I'm sorry for how long it is... I dearly hope someone reads this.
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Having trouble trusting and trusting my new girlfriend due to past cheating exes and paranoid tendencies; need help learning to trust my
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Hey guys;

My therapist is resorting to silly mental exercises to ignore the rampant paranoid thoughts in my head and so I'm turning to the people to see if any ideas bear fruit from you fine folk. 

I'm the most jealous and paranoid man I know. My past few relationship were 8, 10, and 12 months consecutively.  I've been described as a gentle, compassionate person with one hell of a temper towards people I don't like.  I've never abused or cheated, yet the above three previous relationships ended with the girls straying and it has annihilated my self confidence and trust in others.

I will admit to being insecure and needy of my partner at times, and definitely mistrust at this point.  I stayed single for a full year in an effort to become comfortable with myself in hopes that it would return some confidence.  My new girlfriend is extraordinarily kind and wonderful, if a bit spacey and scatter brained at times.  Completely my kind of girl.

Yet every time I don't hear from her when she's with guy friends or even see her at her workplace with male coworkers I'm almost overwhelmed with adrenaline and fear and, in some cases,  anger. It is damn near all consuming and crippling.  I kept the brunt of it from her for a while, and trivialized it by comparing it to a Beauty and the Beast situation because I'm a hopeless romantic .... but  now it's becoming overwhelming.

How do you learn to trust your partner? How do I cope with the near daily fears and attacks without harming my wonderful girl emotionally? 

I'm sorry for how long it is... I dearly hope someone reads this.
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Having a hard time trusting my former girlfriend after multiple cheating exes. Want to learn to trust my awesome girlfriend but am
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