Emotional survival

According to psychology, your ability to cut people off and self-isolate is not a skill you should be proud of. It’s a trauma response rooted in never having anyone to depend on.

 
What may seem like emotional detachment is often a deep survival mechanism born from profound pain. Trust that no one is more exhausted by this protective strategy than the person living within it. 

They exist with a constant internal narrative of self-preservation, 

wishing they could experience relationships without overwhelming fear, 

but it’s not something they can easily dismantle. 

Although it may be hard to see, there is resilience in their protective mechanism. 

Those who self-isolate are often individuals who have survived the most, learning protection as an art form of emotional survival. 

They are fighting a daily battle against a wounded internal landscape, a battle that became more difficult because someone before you walked away when emotional connection became challenging. 

Their self-isolation is not a flaw, but a sophisticated emotional response to unprocessed trauma.