@thepottymouthguru: One of the reasons this dynamic becomes so painful is that both people are often trying to solve a problem that was never created by the relationship. They're trying to solve an old wound. The person who learned to earn love is often asking: 👉 How do I become important enough to stay connected? The person who learned to need nobody is often asking: 👉 How do I stay safe without depending on anyone? Neither question is really about their partner. They're old survival questions. That's why these couples often feel stuck. They're trying to resolve childhood strategies with adult relationship tools. Healing begins when each person realizes: My partner is not the original source of this wound. They're just standing where the wound gets activated. And that's a very different conversation. ❤️🤟🏻🌿 #unfuckyourself #thepottymouthguru #attachmentstyles #relationaltrauma #relationships
The relationship isn't creating the wound. It's exposing the places where healing is still needed. ❤️🤟🏻
2026-06-16 17:46:52
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Jackie :
You’re talking about the anxious/avoidant loop aren’t you? I know it well.
2026-06-16 19:09:31
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Cj :
what if I'm both of those?😅
2026-06-25 13:19:15
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shaunakanner :
This is the best explanation of this dynamic. Thank you for your work.
2026-06-16 20:07:39
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Katie Blondin :
And you fix this how. 🤨
2026-06-16 19:18:45
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Mike H :
…why does it seem like, in this example, only one of the people actually cares about the relationship?
2026-06-16 20:00:33
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Rink :
Discovering Integrated attachment theory was a literal life changing experience for me and all of my relationships, including the relationship I have with myself 💖
2026-06-16 22:13:26
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karijo2035 :
Love this! This is definitely my husband and I and we both been in a lot of Therapy so now I'm not equating his distance too. I'm not worthy of love and he's not equating me needing connection as a threat. But it's still hard cause I gotta talk myself through my own issues and realize his attachment doesn't equal my Worth and he has to do the same. We are now empty nesting together and it's been a crazy dynamic and we're both so damn codependent too… We probably should've got divorced, but unfortunately, we love each other like crazy… Lol therapies helped a lot.
2026-06-16 19:27:24
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kiki :
No one talks about what healing looks like for these partners. The anxious and avoidant dynamic is talked about in nauseam but no one explains what it looks like after that dynamic is healed or how to get there
2026-06-17 15:37:12
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RO 🌷🌷🌷 | AuDHD🔥hEDS+💫 :
can you spend a little more time giving examples on potential resolution? I understand the problem perfectly, it's how to fix that we are looking for
2026-06-17 15:59:01
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_a_theis :
Uh.... What is it called when you feel like you're both in one body??? Asking for a friend. 👀
2026-06-18 14:51:20
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Chachski :
I thought i was listening to help improve my marriage.....turns out my wife is having to deal with me being both a lover earner and a need nobody child. big oof!
2026-06-16 19:02:55
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thatgirlzivi :
I was the former now I’m the later🤣
2026-06-17 18:12:05
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kirko :
What if im both
2026-06-16 22:11:50
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Mike 🇳🇿 :
Sometimes I think I'm a unique individual and then I watch videos like this and have someone describe my relationship.
2026-06-17 05:59:22
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Pesce :
My last situationship 😖
2026-06-16 18:36:19
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greyrockai :
"partner's not the source tho. just where the alarm goes off"
2026-06-17 01:21:34
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FightMe :
Dang, you didn’t have to call out my current relationship like that 😅
2026-06-17 02:50:54
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Cheryl :
Yeah… I figured that out early on. At some point I just wanted accountability- got none of that either. Now, I’m just into connecting to myself. I’m enuf for me
2026-06-17 06:35:11
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Katie Shaw :
This is my husband and I, but I have done soooo much work healing over the past decade. It’s refreshing.
2026-06-17 06:34:32
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Nicky :
My husband realised this before me and put time into learning how to not pursue when I get distant, which has allowed me to come closer without pressure, which then fills his cup and mine at the same time. He is truly amazing.
2026-06-20 02:13:55
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Ember :
what if as a child you realised both of your parents were expecting you to try to earn THEIR love and instead you consciously chose to push them away? I remember thinking to myself "you two are supposed to love me unconditionally, f*** you both if you're not even going to try." that was when I was around 8-9 ish
2026-06-19 01:45:22
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Kitsu-hime 🦊 :
both. im both.
2026-06-19 00:28:57
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Autumn :
What if I integrated both that I am desperate and starving for connection and that connection seeking is risky since it feels like it is not meant for me and that trying to connect will lead to total abandonment where I cannot even get surface level connection anymore? Asking for my inner child.
2026-06-19 15:35:43
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