
The Emotionally Unavailable Man

life for failing to meet their hidden needs. Simmering dissatisfaction stews just under the surface of their desperate clawing for approval, and this resentment explodes to the surface in patterns of frequent displays of hurtful anger, followed by a plunge deeper into doormat behavior as they fearfully seek to avoid abandonment for having lashed ou
... See moreAdam Smith • Slaying Your Fear: A guide for people who grapple with insecurity
When you feel disconnected or alone in your present relationship, are you likely to get very emotional or even anxious and push your partner to respond? Or are you more likely to shut down and try not to feel your need to connect? Can you think of a time when this happened?
Dr. Sue Johnson • Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
A MEM loses contact with himself. He is detached from his own feelings, wants, and needs. He learned at an early age to take care of his mother and to discount himself. This crushing of his emerging self in childhood divorces him from the soul of his individuality. His identity is lost.
Kenneth M. Adams • When He's Married to Mom: How to Help Mother-Enmeshed Men Open Their Hearts to True Love and Commitment
This second style has been called anxious attachment (Bowlby),…
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