How To Deal With an Overly Jealous Partner?
Much of the advice on this page is drawn from work of Bowlby, Ainsworth, Shaver and Hazan’s work on attachment theory (see, romantic attachments). Being involved with an overly jealous romantic partner can be extremely difficult. An insecure partner can be intrusive, invasive, irritating and annoying. And if you want to deal with an insecure lover effectively, it helps to understand the nature of the problem. Chronic jealousy is often caused by being anxious about love and intimacy, that is, having an anxious-ambivalent style of attachment (see, attachment styles). Such individuals are constantly worried that their romantic partners do not love them and that their partners will eventually abandon them. Ironically, extremely jealous individuals often behave in ways which make their fears come true. Ineffective Ways of Dealing with a Jealous Partner Most people handle an overly jealous partner in a way which makes the problem worse. When a partner is jealous they often behave in ways tha
