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When getting what you ask for feels like rejection

I told my partner I need space and they respected it completely, but now I feel abandoned and angry that they are not fighting for me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The conflicted psyche tests love through impossible double-binds, seeking proof of care through the very behaviors it claims to reject.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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