I am coming back here to ask for more advice.

Since the time I posted here, I noticed that I’ve harboured a lot of “resentment” for this female friend of his (I’m putting the word in quotation marks because the word is a bit too strong, but I can’t think of a more mellow one right now).

In almost two months, every time she comes up in a conversation – especially when it’s coming from my boyfriend – I suddenly feel this “resentment” rising up within me. I express my dislike right away more often than I would not like to, then after pausing and breathing, I feel immediately bad for what I feel towards her. I don’t understand why I’m insecure of her when I’m in a good relationship with my boyfriend. Somehow, I still feel threatened, even though she hasn’t really done anything suspicious to me or my boyfriend – at least, not that I know of.

Just yesterday, my boyfriend posted an Instagram picture about Father’s Day and she commented with a heart. I felt my heart beating fast right away and texted my boyfriend that I felt uncomfortable. He reassured me that it’s harmless and that no one else can take him away from me. He’s very understanding about this situation, but I don’t want to push his patience to its limits. I only let him know what I felt because I’d rather be honest to him than to bottle this feeling up and explode later on.

I’m becoming silly and ridiculous… I even bought a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Dummies because the anxiety is getting out of hand at times.

Any thoughts? 🙁