Eye opening! “The withdrawal dynamic has been called defensive detachment by Bowlby. It has one meaning: so hurtful was it for me to experience your absence that I will encase myself in a shell of hard emotion, impervious to love—and therefore to pain. I never want to feel that hurt again.”
Excerpt From
Scattered Minds
Gabor Maté, M.D.
— Dec 27, 2025 06:51AM
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