Most people think avoidance means fear of intimacy. But in narcissistic relationships, avoidance is often a learned response to emotional punishment. Many people enter these relationships open, communicative, and secure. What changes them is not commitment, it is repeated emotional instability. Here is how it happens. 1️⃣ Your needs are met with dismissal. For example, you express a concern and are told you are too sensitive, dramatic, or asking for too much. Why it matters, when vulnerability i