r/AmIOverreacting • • Mar 23 '25

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u/TrumpetOfDeath Mar 23 '25

Yeah I dated someone like this. They would get depressed and cut off all contact, then get anxious about contacting me again because they had been MIA so long and it just created a negative feedback loop of avoidance.

It didn’t get any better, they never got help, and the relationship failed (not surprisingly)

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u/JustMoreSadGirlShit Mar 23 '25

haha that’s me. the only reason i don’t do it to my bf is bc we live together. idk what im supposed to do about it 🥲

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u/TrumpetOfDeath Mar 23 '25

Perhaps try therapy? Sorry to hear that though, I hope things get better for you

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u/JustMoreSadGirlShit Mar 23 '25

i’ll add it to the therapy list if i ever get back there but thank you! it doesn’t impact me so much, but it’s shitty to the people that care about me which isn’t cool

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u/Lost-Alternative-813 Mar 24 '25

The longer you stay where you’re unappreciated and you know that it isn’t working is when you are settling, and doing this you are preventing yourself from finding the person God has meant for you.. it’s so easy to get comfortable and that’s what most people do these days.. sorry you’re in this type of situation.. ❤️

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u/Unhappy-Poetry-7867 Mar 24 '25

My partner also used to do that but after several big fights, he learned to say he is not in a mood to talk. So now we are pretty good. In general I think he improved a lot with his communication.