it’s fucking up my 8 year relationship. i (29f) was extremely insecure of my teeth in middle/high school so i rarely talked. i didn’t really have friends but year after year i would day dream about being able to talk to people/crushes and i would always want to be sleeping because my dreams were better than my reality. i finally fixed my teeth right before the last day of high school so i had a lot of regret that i hadnt done it sooner. it gave me confidence that i’ve never felt before, and i started talking to guys and doing whatever i wanted, loving all the attention. now i am in a relationship still feeling like i need attention and ive had dreams about other people giving me attention. i still crave it even though i have a boyfriend and its causing him to be hurt. its been like this pretty much the whole relationship but i’ve never known what to do about it. i would just like some feedback about this situation.
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TL;DR! insecurities have caused me to crave attention and its hurting my boyfriend