Haha okay

let’s fix you — no glue, no borax, no therapy (but yes, chat help this woman

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Here’s the real talk version of how to start untangling a fearfully avoidant attachment style on your own:
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Step 1: Understand What’s Actually Going On
Fearful-avoidant = “I want love, but I’m scared it’ll hurt me.”
You swing between craving closeness and pushing people away. That push-pull is your nervous system trying to protect you from getting hurt again.
You’re not “broken” — you just learned that relationships can be dangerous, so your brain built a safety system that now overreacts.
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Step 2: Catch the Pattern in Real Time
Next time you:
Feel someone pulling close and you suddenly want to run, or
Feel rejected and want to chase or over-explain —

pause and name it: “Oh. My avoidant/ fearful part is acting up.”
Just naming it lowers the emotional charge. You’re reminding your brain, “This isn’t danger, it’s discomfort.”
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Step 3: Relearn Safety (Without Therapy)
You can teach yourself that closeness isn’t fatal by giving your body micro doses of connection:
Text people back even if you feel like ghosting.
Let someone help you with something small.
Notice when people are kind — and don’t immediately downplay it.
Tiny exposures build tolerance for intimacy.
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Step 4: Self-Regulate Instead of Self-Abandon
When you feel panic about closeness or rejection:
Try slow exhale breathing (longer out than in).
Do a self-check-in: “What do I actually need right now — space, reassurance, or just calm?”
Write, don’t react — journaling before texting saves relationships.
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Step 5: Reparent Yourself
Your avoidant part formed because no one comforted you safely enough when you were little or hurt.
Now you do that:
Say things like, “It’s okay to want closeness,” or “I can be safe and still open.”
It sounds corny, but it literally rewires your attachment style through repetition and self-soothing.
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Step 6: Slow Progress Counts
It won’t disappear overnight. The goal isn’t to be “secure all the time,” but to recognize the pattern sooner and choose calmer actions. Every time you do, that fearful circuit weakens.
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Would you like me to give you a short “daily reprogramming routine” (like 3–5 minutes a day) to start training your attachment system to feel safer?