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Love, Decoded: Why You Keep Attracting Emotionally Unavailable Partners (Even When You Know Better) – Why your brain confuses emotional distance with chemistry and how to finally change the pattern.
Why You Keep Attracting Emotionally Unavailable Partners (Even When You Know Better) attachment theory emotional unavailability healing after abuse relationship patterns relationship psychology self-awareness toxic relationships trauma recovery Oct 23, 2025

Here's why your brain confuses emotional distance with chemistry — and how to finally change the pattern.

You promise yourself never again.

No more chasing mixed signals.
No more decoding cryptic texts or convincing yourself that “maybe they’re just busy.”

And yet… here you are again — overthinkin...

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Eve Howe-Robinson

Founder: The Healthy Relationship Company

With a decade in psychology and domestic abuse intervention, I blend evidence, empathy, and lived experience to help you heal, grow, and build something better?

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