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Insecure in Love: How Anxious Attachment Can Make You Feel Jealous, Needy, and Worried and What You Can Do About It
If "they haven't texted back" feels like an emergency, this one's for you. 💛
Who it's for
For people who feel they love "too much" or panic when a partner pulls away, this book names the pattern without shaming it.
Anxious, insecure→Understood, steadier
Feelings it meets
What it is
A self-help guide from psychologist Leslie Becker-Phelps on anxious attachment in romantic relationships. It explains how early experiences can shape fears of being abandoned or not loved enough, how those fears show up as jealousy, reassurance-seeking and worry, and offers exercises built around compassionate self-awareness for moving toward more secure, steady relationships.
Where to find it
Paperback, ebook and audiobook from major booksellers and libraries.
There are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of being alone.Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, “On Talking”
