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Why Do I Want to Run When People Get Close?: Understanding the Impulse to Push Away Connection and Feel Like You're Always Bothering Someone - Softcover
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Do you push people away just when they get close?
Feel like you're always bothering everyone?
Panic when someone shows they genuinely want you around?
You're not imagining it. And you're not broken.
If intimacy triggers the urge to run, if you feel like a burden in every relationship, if closeness feels threatening even when it's what you long for—this book is for you.
Inside, you'll discover:
- Why the impulse to run is a protection response, not a character flaw
- What this pattern protected you from and why it made sense
- How attachment patterns shape the way you relate to others
- Why you feel like you're always bothering people
- What happens in your nervous system when intimacy triggers panic
- The shame that comes with these patterns and how to release it
- Practical strategies for staying present when you want to disappear
- How to build safety in connection with the right people
This isn't about forcing yourself to change or shaming yourself for your responses. It's about understanding them with compassion and learning to work with your nervous system rather than against it.
The impulse to run when people get close isn't a failure. It's a survival strategy. And you can learn to update it.
You're not too much. You're not a burden. And the fact that intimacy feels threatening doesn't mean you're incapable of it. It means you learned to protect yourself in the only way that was available.
Now you can learn to stay.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Do you push people away just when they get close?Feel like you're always bothering everyone?Panic when someone shows they genuinely want you around?You're not imagining it. And you're not broken.If intimacy triggers the urge to run, if you feel like a burden in every relationship, if closeness feels threatening even when it's what you long for-this book is for you.Inside, you'll discover: Why the impulse to run is a protection response, not a character flawWhat this pattern protected you from and why it made senseHow attachment patterns shape the way you relate to othersWhy you feel like you're always bothering peopleWhat happens in your nervous system when intimacy triggers panicThe shame that comes with these patterns and how to release itPractical strategies for staying present when you want to disappearHow to build safety in connection with the right peopleThis isn't about forcing yourself to change or shaming yourself for your responses. It's about understanding them with compassion and learning to work with your nervous system rather than against it.The impulse to run when people get close isn't a failure. It's a survival strategy. And you can learn to update it.You're not too much. You're not a burden. And the fact that intimacy feels threatening doesn't mean you're incapable of it. It means you learned to protect yourself in the only way that was available.Now you can learn to stay. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798272405371
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Do you push people away just when they get close?Feel like you're always bothering everyone?Panic when someone shows they genuinely want you around?You're not imagining it. And you're not broken.If intimacy triggers the urge to run, if you feel like a burden in every relationship, if closeness feels threatening even when it's what you long for-this book is for you.Inside, you'll discover: Why the impulse to run is a protection response, not a character flawWhat this pattern protected you from and why it made senseHow attachment patterns shape the way you relate to othersWhy you feel like you're always bothering peopleWhat happens in your nervous system when intimacy triggers panicThe shame that comes with these patterns and how to release itPractical strategies for staying present when you want to disappearHow to build safety in connection with the right peopleThis isn't about forcing yourself to change or shaming yourself for your responses. It's about understanding them with compassion and learning to work with your nervous system rather than against it.The impulse to run when people get close isn't a failure. It's a survival strategy. And you can learn to update it.You're not too much. You're not a burden. And the fact that intimacy feels threatening doesn't mean you're incapable of it. It means you learned to protect yourself in the only way that was available.Now you can learn to stay. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798272405371
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