🖐 Avoidance And Emotional Withdrawal

Showing 15 trauma dating patterns filtered by category

All or Nothing Walls

Always Ready to Leave: When leaving feels safer than arguing

relocation traumaconflict avoidanceemotional exit strategies

Always Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop

Braced for Independence

Come Here, Go Away: From Hot-and-Cold Parents to Push-Pull Relationships

ambivalent attachment traumapush-pullemotional intensity

Expecting Everyone to Leave

Guarding Against Heartbreak

Guest in Your Own Home: When nowhere feels like home

childhood displacement traumarootless identitycommitment issues

Keeping One Foot Out the Door

Living with Premature Knowledge

Rehearsing Goodbye

Resisting Quick Closeness

The Runner: When Your Feet Decide Before Your Heart Does

relocation traumachronic displacementconflict avoidance

The Secrets Keeper: When silence feels safer than truth

family secrets traumaexposure panicreal connection hunger

The Stoic: From Emotionally Neglected Child to Feelings Avoidant Partner

feelings punishment traumanumbness wiringsilent suffering