You need to hear it. Not guess it. Hear it.
Words are oxygen for you. A genuine 'I'm proud of you' can fuel you for a week. A careless insult can destroy you for a month. You need your partner to verbalize their feelings — not assume you know. Silence isn't golden for you, it's terrifying. You text 'I love you' first because you need to hear it back. You remember every compliment AND every criticism. Your heart has a transcript.
Get your read — free on iPhoneyou need to hear 'i love you' because at some point silence started sounding like abandonment.