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How fear of being dumped can push a partner away

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Your paranoia is quite literally writing your future. A self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when your false belief about a situation alters your behavior in a way that makes the belief come true. You act so incredibly needy and suspicious about being abandoned that your partner is eventually forced to flee for their own sanity.

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