Separation anxiety every time my bf and I part ways.

[BubbleFreak]

I have been in a LTR for 4.5 years and it never gets easier when we have to say goodbye to each other. We used to see each other almost every day since we went to uni together, but now we both work we only see each other on weekends and/or a weeknight because we live pretty far away from each other. Best solution would be to move in together, but we are still saving up for that.

 

When we are together everything feels wonderful, but time goes by too fast, and when we have to part ways again I feel really distressed. A few hours after we say goodbye I'm alright again, but am always thinking of when we will be together next.

 

I asked my bf if he thought I was clingy/needy and he said certainly not and he said he really misses spending more time with me too. We just both really like being together and it's great when we are. But I wish I didn't feel such accute sadness when he leaves.

 

I guess I just hang out with my friends and do stuff I like when we are not together, so while we are apart I'm fine. But I can't get rid of this vicious cycle at the very moment we say goodbye- of feeling like crying and seriously looking like Picasso's "The Scream".

 

What can I do to stop feeling this way? Do others feel this way also?

[BubbleFreak]

Oops, I just found out The Scream was painted by Edvard Munch and not Picasso, but whatever you get the point.

[Citizen Erased]

Well yes but we are LDR, so the time apart is obviously a lot more.

 

It's natural to miss the people we love when they're not around. Keep yourself busy, enjoy your time together and look forward to when you have moved in together. And when you no longer have to be apart like this, appreciate it all the more.