There’s a particular kind of heartbreak that doesn’t just shatter you once — it lingers, gnaws, and leaves scars that can take years to heal. It’s the devastation of loving someone with a dismissive-avoidant attachment style. I know this pain firsthand. At first, everything feels incredible. The chemistry is undeniable, the intimacy electric, the connection intoxicating. But as soon as real vulnerability and closeness are required, they vanish. Not fully gone, though — that

The truth about avoidants is that they cannot handle accountability. They run from it, deflect it, twist it, anything but face the reality o

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The Avoidant’s Regret The avoidant doesn’t just walk away from love — they push it away. When someone comes along who could have been a rea

When Dismissive Avoidants Choose Safety Over Love Dismissive avoidants often don’t choose the person they truly love. They choose the one w

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Healing After Loving a Dismissive Avoidant What is there left to say after you’ve healed from a relationship with a dismissive-avoidant partner—after you finally realize that they were more unhealed than you? Honestly, not much. The pain they cause is indescribable. I carried it with me for decades after mine. For so long, I thought he was independent, strong, untouchable. But the truth was, he wasn’t running from me—he was running from his wounds. He loved me, but he didn’

When the Avoidant Blocks or Deletes You: What It Really Means

Oh, the Dismissive Avoidant… It’s Not Them, It’s You

While the anxious partner is clawing for understanding, desperate to communicate, aching to heal and repair—what’s the avoidant doing? Running. Dodging. Pretending.

Dismissive Avoidants: Yeah, They Love You — But They’re Too Cowardly to Admit It

The Tragic Loop of the Dismissive Avoidant: Why Loving Them Feels Like Madness If you’ve ever fallen for a dismissive avoidant, you’ll under

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Send the Closure Text — And Shut That Door for Good Healing changes everything. When you’re truly healed, you realize you have nothing lef

It’s a good job I’m mentally strong.” No — it’s a good job you’re emotionally numb. That’s not strength. That’s suppression. And suppression