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I've seen this a few times lately and I wanted to make sure I get it. Most recently I saw it on a video with an animal's thoughts narrated. It said この人間がいると安心できない。I take this as meaning "When this human is here I can't feel relieved/I can't feel relieved if this human is around". So, ~がいると means something to the effect of "when x exists/if x exists"? Would this be the most common way to talk about "you" and specific people being around as well? Such as 君がいると and さくらがいると?

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    Sorry, I don't really understand what you're having trouble with. Is your question more about the conditional と, or the use of the verb [居]{い}る ?
    – chocolate
    Aug 5, 2022 at 16:01
  • I guess it was more about seeking confirmation about using it with the conditional. I wanted to make sure it can be used to express "when someone is around" such as さくらがいると
    – usagimaru
    Aug 5, 2022 at 16:29
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    There are multiple kinds of conditional. It’s hard to tell which is the “most common.” Which one to use depends on what you want to say.
    – aguijonazo
    Aug 6, 2022 at 4:48

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Your question contains more than a couple of grammar peculiarities. The meaning is "I feel insecure whenever this person is around.",
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"この人間” (this person) is someone close to the speaker at that time, so that your phrase is mostly supposed to be uttered by someone in a group, while someone in the group is speaking or doing something.
It is a phrase that could be uttered by a girl who feels somewhat assaulted by somebody.

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If I understood the question correctly:

Yes, (I don't know if most common, but) at least I think it does sound pretty natural if someone says e.g.: 君が[e.g.近くに]いると安心できない

As to the この人, at least I'd say that you esp. in the contexts as above, can also use it to refer to yourself, like in;

[分かってるよ、]この人がいると安心出来ない[っすよね。]

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