It can stem from a lack of trust: > If you trusted him, you'd say "it doesn't even matter if another woman falls in love with him - if another woman offered him sex it wouldn't matter because I trust him to say no > > - [Reddit story](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stoicism/comments/17wizbv/comment/k9hksom/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) on why a woman is scared when their boyfriend walks someone home ## Stages - Trigger - Not responding to text - Spiraling thoughts - ex) cheating on me, etc - Go into protest behavior with trying to connect - Then give up ## Strategies - Disconfirming evidence - Man's search for meaning, biggest distance between action and reaction