Why do I keep ending up in relationships that hurt me?Is it just bad luck with partners, or is there something I’m missing? Your pain is real. Being hurt in relationships is not imagined, and it is not because you are “the problem.” Relationships can be genuinely wounding—especially when there is emotional unavailability, neglect, repeated ruptures, or a mismatch in needs. This has to do with deep relational circuits in the brain . We all carry different emotional response pa

Why am I attracted to emotionally unavailable people? Why do I want people who don’t want me? This can happen with a person with whom you had a brief nourishing relationship. Or You may have had a good relationship with someone like this person. This pattern is rarely about love. It is about the nervous system chasing emotional safety in familiar ways. We tend to walk the familiar path even if it is painful because we at the least know what to expect and how to manage this pa

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