{"id":37526,"date":"2021-05-30T09:25:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=37526"},"modified":"2021-06-08T14:21:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T18:21:25","slug":"when-to-end-a-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/when-to-end-a-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"When to End an Anxious-Avoidant Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Are you in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/anxious-avoidant-relationship\/\">anxious-avoidant relationship<\/a>? Is your relationship becoming toxic? How do you know when to end a relationship?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Relationships between anxious attachers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/avoidant-attachment-in-adults\/\">avoidant attachers<\/a> often cause conflict, and in some cases, toxicity and abuse. Below are the warning signs that your relationship has become toxic and it&#8217;s time to end it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue reading to learn how to know when to end a relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ending Your Anxious-Avoidant Relationship<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve seen that anxious-avoidant relationships result in unavoidable conflict. In the worst-case scenario, the chronic clashes between anxious and avoidant partners escalate to the point that the relationship is toxic and destructive. <strong>This typically takes the form of verbal and emotional abuse.&nbsp;<\/strong>If it reaches this point, that&#8217;s how you know when to end the relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, anxious-avoidant couples often have an extremely hard time finding the strength to break up even when the relationship has become harmful.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Avoidants May Withhold Sex&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A common sign that an anxious-avoidant relationship is veering toward toxicity is the couple&#8217;s sex life\u2014or lack of it. For starters, avoidant attachers are more likely to cheat on their partners than secure or anxious attachers. <strong>But even when an avoidant partner is faithful, sex may become problematic because the avoidant will withhold it from their anxious partner. <\/strong>This may not be a conscious choice; the avoidant partner will just lose sexual interest in their partner. This in turn elevates the anxious partner\u2019s anxiety.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consciously or unconsciously, the avoidant is trying to do what he or she does in every scenario: Prevent the possibility of closeness. Meanwhile the anxious partner is simply trying to do what he or she does in every scenario: Find comfort in some type of positive affirmation from their avoidant partner.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Avoidants See Their Anxious Partners as the Enemy&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Another sign that it&#8217;s time to end a relationship is that the avoidant partner&#8217;s behavior may be completely different with the anxious partner than it is with the rest of the world.<\/strong> For example, if Suzy is an avoidant, everyone in the neighborhood might think Suzy is the kindest person they know, but Suzy&#8217;s anxious partner Bob will be privy to a very different side of her.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suzy acts unkindly to Bob\u2014and no one else\u2014because <strong>she sees him as the enemy.<\/strong> He has gotten too close to her, and she feels suffocated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Know If Your Partnership Has Become Toxic&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If these statements apply to you and\/or your relationship, your partnership has become harmful and possibly abusive:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>You don&#8217;t want your friends and family to witness how your partner treats you.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Your partner has a reputation for being a wonderful human being\u2014but this doesn&#8217;t match up with what you see.<\/li><li>Your partner is more concerned about how strangers view him or her than how you do.<\/li><li>Your partner is nicer to other people than he or she is to you.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Your partner dismisses your opinion or insults your intelligence.<\/li><li>You don&#8217;t really know much about your partner&#8217;s life, so you feel you have to spy on them to find out.&nbsp;<\/li><li>You don&#8217;t feel confident that your partner would be there for you in an emergency situation.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-05111717-7ecb-436a-90f4-8b4808019317\"><strong>Why Is Breaking Up So Difficult?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-09b1feaf-b7df-4910-98e6-45169af0c164\"><strong>If you&#8217;re in an anxious-avoidant pairing that has become abusive or damaging, the first step is to admit it. <\/strong>Many people feel ashamed of their predicament and try to brush it off by saying &#8220;no relationship is perfect&#8221; or &#8220;all couples have disagreements.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-5a5bbced-2311-4963-898d-3801faeb0c79\">But even if you recognize the toxicity of your relationship, you still may find it nearly impossible to leave. And if you do leave, you&#8217;ll immediately want to run straight back to his or her arms. That&#8217;s due to the <strong>&#8220;rebound effect.&#8221; <\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-dfda6e1d-aa6b-4d1a-97d9-b9b601ee6906\">Evolution has wired our attachment system to prefer togetherness over going solo. Our brains&#8217; emotional circuits send out a message of &#8220;ouch, Mayday, severe pain ahead!&#8221; when we consider the prospect of breaking up with our significant other. In fact, <strong>our brains register a relationship breakup the same way they register a hot stove we\u2019re about to touch. <\/strong>The brain sends a \u201cdon\u2019t-do-it\u201d signal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-59b8535f-cdd2-47b4-8893-7325e2a92196\">From the standpoint of evolution, that&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-makes-a-good-business-strategy\/\">good strategy<\/a>. 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