You may even be that person, growing tired of fleeting connections and keeping parts of yourself hidden from view. It may be getting harder to work in teams at your job or stick to coffee dates with friends. You might not speak to your closest friends for months at a time. It can be a little tricky to notice when people are dealing with emotional unavailability and struggling to commit to deep, long-term relationships. It can affect family ties, friendships, and professional development, as well as your overall experience of being a human. It makes sense to maximize your joy. That person might also have difficulties with the following:. Still, on the surface, emotionally unavailable people can appear to be very stable, says Elisabeth Mandel, LMFT, a relationship therapist based in Manhattan. This may explain why your cat keeps sitting on a shelf, pushing off glass objects while staring at you the whole time. And you still feed them.
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