That is the particular cruelty of dating someone with an unhealed avoidant attachment style. You often have met someone who could be right, but they are far too emotionally unhealed to hold real love. Red Flags to look out for...

When an avoidant blocks you, it’s not because they don’t care. It’s because they do. They block you because they love you and they don’t kn

Dismissive avoidant core wound of shame. Your ex and healing

Dismissive avoidant ex and dating again

There is a particular kind of grief that comes from loving an avoidant partner. Not the explosive kind. The quiet kind. The kind that makes

I hear it in close relationships all the time. The constant references to the ex. The one they ran from. The one who “freaked them out.” T

Dismissive avoidants in relationships

How Do You Know When You’ve Finally Processed What Happened With Your Avoidant Ex?

The festive season has a way of making everything feel softer. The lights, the music, the nostalgia — and suddenly you’re holding your phone

A Letter to the Dismissive Avoidant Who Ran From Love You ran from love. Not because it wasn’t real, but because it was. Your nervous syst

The Deadly Disease of “Being Busy” There is a deadly disease running through relationships, business, and modern life. It’s called being bu

The Apology You Deserve The apology you deserve. I wrote to you once before, and I realise now it wasn’t enough. This is the apology I should have given you a long time ago. My behaviour after I broke your heart—after I panicked and ran from real love—was deeply unfair and, honestly, horrendous. I see that now. I’ve finally gone to therapy, and for the first time I truly understand how much damage I caused you, not just by leaving, but by everything I did afterward. A few

The Slow Unraveling: What Happens to the Partner of a Dismissive-Avoidant Over Time Dismissive-avoidant patterns don’t usually explode; the

Dismissive avoidants don’t listen

They’ve got everything — except love. We all know them. The picture-perfect couples with the “dream life.” The house. The cars. The careers

The Dismissive Avoidant Love Story: Two Possible Endings, Both a Disaster

It Wasn’t Bad Timing — It Was Avoidance They tell themselves it was bad timing. Life was complicated, they weren’t ready, things just didn’

They Love You, But They Can’t Meet You: The Dismissive Avoidant Nightmare

They Will Use You to Get Over You Being caught in the cycle of loving a dismissive avoidant is like living in constant whiplash. Just when

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