Hi all!

I will be quick with this - I(37F) have FWB (35M) who sees another person as regularly as they see me. Recently they had a play session the day before our planned date.

The evening of their play session I was fine, and woke up feeling anxious and lonely. I know it stems from my abandonment issues that I'm currently working through. We had a good chat about it and there was lots of reassurance on both sides.

I got to the root of why I felt so anxious and some solutions on my part for going forward. As well, I have since booked a therapy appointment but it's about a week out at this point.

My problem now is that I'm feeling a lot of shame/embarrassment for feeling so anxious and having these feelings of anxiousness, and just coming to terms own assumptions. Is there any advice for how others have moved through this and worked on the post-anxiety come-down?

I've already told my FWB that I am working towards managing myself better and I am committed to that, more so for myself, and also for them, because this emotional hangover is awful.