r/retroactivejealousy↗
Retroactive Jealousy
Subreddit focused on recovery from retroactive jealousy (RJ). RJ is excessive or unwanted amounts of anxiety about your partner’s romantic or sexual past. If you are not looking to reduce the amount of time and energy you spend ruminating about your partners past, then this sub isn’t for you.
31k subscribers543 posts / mo in Sep 2026361 authors / mosince 2012
r/retroactivejealousy has 31k members (+45% over the last 12 months). It gets about 543 posts a month from 361 people. Top topics: Cheating and Trust Issues, Ex Breakups and Discord Servers.
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- Cheating and Trust Issues0.6%
- Ex Breakups<0.1%
- Discord Servers<0.1%
- Girlfriend Issues<0.1%
- Friendship and Weddings<0.1%
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- NOCD
- Anxiety Canada
- Gorilla
- stan
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