Anxiety when someone pulls away is often an attachment response — your nervous system interpreting distance as danger. This pattern usually formed long before your current relationship. It's not irrational. It's a survival response that learned the wrong lesson.
Understanding where this anxiety comes from is the beginning of no longer being controlled by it.
Before you keep reading — when someone pulls away, what is the story your mind immediately tells you?
Built exactly for this question:
Before you move on — what's one thing that's true for you right now?
"The anxiety is not the truth. It is an old wound asking for new attention. You are safe — even when someone needs space."
Every question, eventually, leads here.
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