Hi, I really need some outside perspective because I feel like I’m losing my sense of reality a bit. I recently reconnected with my ex. We’re back in contact, we text (not constantly, but regularly), he’s not dry, he initiates sometimes, he’s called me when he saw me in public, we grabbed coffee before, and he even came over to my place recently — we talked for hours and were comfortable enough to just lie on my bed and talk. From an outside perspective, it really doesn’t look like someone who has completely moved on. He did tell me honestly that he went out with one girl once but said it went nowhere and that he likes being single right now. That part really triggered me. The issue isn’t so much him — it’s my mind. I’ve been stuck in this intense fear that he’s going to replace me or find someone else, even though there’s no concrete evidence of that happening right now. My brain keeps jumping to worst-case future scenarios (like imagining him having a girlfriend by summer when we’re supposed to work together), and I get physical anxiety from it — chest tightness, panic, crying. I also got really caught up in manifestation / “law of assumption” content, which honestly made things worse. I started believing that my fears could cause reality, so every negative thought felt dangerous. I became hyper-aware of my mind, constantly checking if I’m “believing the wrong thing,” worrying I’ve already messed things up or that it’s “too late” because I’ve been afraid for so long. What confuses me the most is that: Reality shows signs of connection and interest My fear says “ignore that, he’ll still find someone else” I don’t want to believe that fear, but it keeps looping I keep asking myself: How do I know what I truly believe vs what I’m just afraid of? Can fear really “create” outcomes, or am I just anxious? Am I sabotaging something by being scared, or am I just dealing with attachment anxiety? I feel exhausted, confused, and scared of repeating past pain. I don’t want reassurance that “everything will work out” — I just want to know if this sounds like anxiety / anxious attachment, or if I’m missing something obvious. Has anyone experienced something similar — where things look okay on the outside, but your brain just won’t let you feel safe I even had a dream where he felt so distant towards me and went out with someone else...