Separation anxiety?

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Hello. I am new here, by the way. I am 18. I live with my mother. She is a wonderful mother, and a person who I am very close with. But, maybe a bit too close?

I prefer to have her in my line of sight at all times, unless I know where she is. When she isn't, I start to worry about her. When she doesn't answer her calls, I worry that she was kidnapped, raped, murdered, whatever. I worry about her, but consciously I know calling the police would waste their time. If I was obligated to report things like that, I would be calling the police every time mom left me home alone.

My therapist is great, but she doesn't seem to understand that this may be separation anxiety. Is it? Does anyone else have this problem?

Maybe some parents could chime in?

I'm not sure if it's separation anxiety but I had a similar problem with my 1st two girlfriends which screwed my relationships up but I didn't have that problem with my current girlfriend because I started taking an anxiety medication before we got together.

To what does your therapist attribute your reactions? What does she think may be going on?