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