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When your need for commitment triggers your partner's avoidance

My boyfriend gets overwhelmed when I try to talk about our future together and I can feel myself becoming that person who needs constant reassurance.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two incompatible nervous systems are trying to regulate through each other, creating the very distance they fear.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Attachment style in choosing partners?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.