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The silent Damage. Avoidant Attachment Explained
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Loneliness doesn’t always come from being alone. Sometimes it comes from sitting next to someone who speaks to you, lives with you, even says “I love you,” but never quite feels emotionally here. After a short break, I’m back to start a three-part series on one of the most confusing relationship patterns I see: the avoidant partner and avoidant attachment style, where closeness can feel less like comfort and more like threat.
We ground the conversation in attachment theory through John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth, then bring it down to real life: the subtle mismatch between…
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