How to Identify an Emotionally Absent Person
Keep an eye out for these five red flags.
Have you ever dated someone with whom you had a lot of fun, but couldn’t find a way to connect with them emotionally?
Or, maybe you currently are with someone who keeps everything on a surface level, even though you’ve been seeing each other for a while? Maybe you feel like hitting a wall every time you try to get closer to them or make them open up?
If these situations sound familiar, chances are you have been/are involved with an emotionally absent person.
The term “emotionally absent” is a synonym for the term “emotionally unavailable”, and is used to describe people who are distant, closed, scared of intimacy, and unable to sustain emotional bonds in relationships.
Being in a relationship with someone who’s emotionally absent, is dangerous because we’re talking about a person who can’t truly commit to you or invest in your relationship. Someone who will keep creating emotional barriers, and bring unnecessary confusion, frustration, and even pain in your life.
In this article, we will dive in and take a closer look at what an emotionally absent (or emotionally unavailable) person looks like and how you can spot them at the early stages of your relationship — so that you…
