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Relationship trauma anxiety can develop after difficult, abusive or emotionally painful relationships, leaving you anxious about trusting others, becoming close to someone new or experiencing similar hurt again. The effects can continue long after a relationship has ended, creating fear, hypervigilance and uncertainty in future relationships. In this section you’ll find articles exploring relationship trauma anxiety, its causes, how it affects thoughts, emotions and relationships, and practical ways to understand and manage these patterns. If you’re looking for professional support, use the links below to learn more about how counselling can help or book a free consultation.
Trauma and anxiety are each, on their own, capable of creating significant difficulty in close relationships. Together, they create something more complex — a layered pattern of responses that can make intimacy feel simultaneously necessary and threatening, that can generate … Read more