@growwithkaela: There are two types of dismissive avoidants. Developmental DAs have been wired since childhood that closeness and vulnerability isn’t safe, which has made them hyper independent and they seek surface level connections to feed their validation dopamine cravings. And then there’s the acquired dismissive avoidants who did know love and how to give their whole heart at one point, only to have it so brutally shattered that they avoid intimacy out of fear that it could happen again.

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plentiful.life
allnatural :
They have to want to heal. Most won’t, because they don’t see the value in it. They prefer to be the victim. 😳
2026-07-19 00:43:12
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cinderella.rockafe
Cinderella Rockafella :
my husband after his first marriage 😳he cant love me the way he needs too
2026-07-18 14:19:21
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ali.hizir3
Ali HIZIR :
THEY ARE MONSTERS 🔥🔥🔥
2026-07-14 18:07:49
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aubs5482
Aubrey :
The first type of avoidant turned me into the second type of avoidant
2026-07-14 18:05:15
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justjeannine
🇨🇦 Jeannine 🇨🇦 :
Because I was shattered so deeply from my DA I’ve become the second avoidant. I don’t believe I’ll find it again and I don’t trust at all.
2026-07-14 23:38:20
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magscho
Mags Cho :
Can avoidance be linked to female autism -?!
2026-07-15 12:23:34
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oregons.boring.re
Oregon's Boring Refuge :
There is a third one that I have never heard of a influencer that speaks on this subject. Never address, but the ones that have pts from being in the service and yes, some of them do have very bad childhood. But then they go into the service. And it makes it worse. I don't know why the influencers never speak about this. Maybe it's too raw to speak of but since I've been around it and been around servicemen, most of my life. I see this pattern with them constantly They want love. They want a connection, but fear it. And they will run from it. It's sad. But it's again some that people never speak of I often wonder why I have addressed this with other influencers and they never bring it up again. Maybe it's too raw, too real, too. Intense, I don't know, i'm not saying all service people have this, but I have seen it in a lot of them, particularly when they've suffered.And went to war.
2026-07-16 04:21:42
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taylorlogan74
🌴🖇🫎🛴🎡🦿 :
This is what confuses me as someone who I guess would be "avoidant", I have no desire for any sort of relationship, it's always a bit funny to hear people complain about dating avoidant people because if these so called avoidant people sre dating, then what the hell does that make me 😂
2026-07-16 17:22:41
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shaunbaynum
Shaun Baynum :
My avoidant ex was the way she is because of a terrible 20 year marriage. She still love bombed me, and did the push pull bullshit. She ultimately told me she’s just better off being alone which is kind of sad, because I know she was crazy about me, but just couldn’t let her walls down.
2026-07-14 21:02:35
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bonniet1229
Bonnie 🦋 :
I’m so glad you touched on this. The second type from heartbreak.
2026-07-14 23:39:46
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azulosah
azulosah :
thats why i am so patient and understanding with my avoidant (second). i can feel he is able of deep love but he doesnt let himself get there. so he pulls away after closeness everytime.
2026-07-14 19:09:50
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og_salty_dawg
OG_Salty_Dawg 💚 🦅 :
I’m a healthy mix of these described in this video. It’s unfortunate.
2026-07-15 01:50:15
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xb365
X B :
Can we talk about healing? Would they stay as they heal?
2026-07-16 02:30:53
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monica.n123
Monica :
I would call this the burnt out pursuer
2026-07-14 18:28:13
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risse_44
Risto :
Yes 💯🙌🏻 These are adaptive strategies to danger, after all. Some people who have been hurt in love absorb a lot of the misinformation out there and start believing there’s something wrong with their anxiety. Instead of considering the harder possibility that maybe their anxiety was accurately responding to what was happening. The idea that everything will get better if you just learn to self-soothe can become a trap. It turns into the fantasy that enough self-improvement can fix your relationship. But sometimes the harder truth is that there was nothing you could have done. Sometimes your nervous system wasn’t malfunctioning, it was recognizing that the relationship itself wasn’t safe. So please don’t become the second category of avoidant 🙏🏻
2026-07-14 18:49:11
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eb4691
user9691438616607 :
And then there’s a third type that’s a combination of both of these, with a HSP personality type, and maybe mild autism thrown in for good measure. That’s my husband. Fun times 😜
2026-07-15 04:36:01
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deliver3r
Yoni🌙 :
i feel called out
2026-07-16 13:04:45
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emmegee89
emme :
I was in a 14 year relationship with the first type. As a result of that, I am now the second type.
2026-07-14 23:13:17
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booboo713
booboo713 :
That’s me
2026-07-15 02:09:11
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kathyhand
Kathy Hand :
my husband the one that shut off but its the same result u end up having to left
2026-07-15 08:51:30
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micahkaramo
Micah :
Jesus she reads me like a fucking book. Im way more first type
2026-07-18 17:13:30
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dirtydiego2020
DirtyDiego2020 :
I was the latter
2026-07-15 02:48:22
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nebula.witch
nebula.witch :
They can also be both btw!
2026-07-16 01:33:29
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j00miez
J00miez :
How does this show up in parenting??? Parent and child relationships??
2026-07-16 01:07:38
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unhinged.dionysus
Unhinged Dionysus :
I am so worried I am going to turn into that less talked about type because of what I'm going through.
2026-07-14 17:15:56
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