""Retroactive jealousy is when someone experiences strong feelings of anxiety and jealousy around their partner's past romantic history or even experiences that happened before you existed in their life," said Priya Tahim, a licensed professional counselor. "It's not curiosity but what feels like an active threat in your present relationship.""
""In relationships, this often shows up as obsessing over a partner's exes or past hookups, replaying details you wish you never heard or feeling way more upset than the situation calls for when the past comes up," said Julie Nguyen, a dating coach with the dating app Hily. "You might ask a lot of questions, compare yourself to people you've never met, scroll through old photos or feel a rush of anxiety when a name or memory gets mentioned.""
Retroactive jealousy occurs when a person experiences intense anxiety and jealousy focused on a partner's prior romantic history or experiences that predate the relationship. The feeling goes beyond curiosity and registers as an active threat to the current relationship. It commonly appears as repeated fixation on exes, replaying unwanted details, excessive questioning, compulsive social-media checking, and persistent comparisons of attractiveness, success or other attributes. These behaviors can loop and intensify, undermining trust and emotional safety in the present relationship and creating ongoing distress for the person experiencing the jealousy.
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