Dead inside?
Snap.
Let’s stay at a respectful distance from each other, discuss nothing emotional, and be best internet friends.
Being emotionally unavailable has its own benefits and rewards.
Like being GREAT at taking insults and criticism (because you genuinely don’t give a f***), remaining the go-to for rational, calm advice in times of crisis, and living a life free of emotional drama.
But it also has its own struggles.
Like physical contact. Intimacy. Or having to express genuine human emotion.
Basically, being emotionally unavailable is something unique and sometimes wonderful, with a bunch of daily experiences that only members of the emotionally unavailable crew can truly understand….
1. Hugs are a publicly accepted form of torture
PSA: how about you don’t touch me until we’ve known each other for at least six months?