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    Why You Push Love Away: Childhood's Cruel Blueprint

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    22 nov. 2025
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    Nia and Eli deliver harsh truths about how emotionally absent parents wire us to sabotage relationships. From the 'Little Me Pact' to avoidant attachment, discover why your nervous system treats intimacy like danger-and how to rewire it.

    Why You Push Love Away: Childhood's Cruel Blueprint

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    “

    Pushing people away isn't a character flaw; it's an adaptation that served us once but might not be serving us anymore. It's our nervous system trying to protect us based on what it learned way back when we were kids.

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    Voix des présentateurs
    Niaplay
    Eliplay
    Sources de connaissances
    Emotionally Absent Mother
    Anxiously Attached
    Attached
    What Causes Avoidant Attachment?
    link
    https://www.simplypsychology.org/what-causes-avoidant-attachment.html
    Love Anxiously or Avoidantly: The link between childhood trauma, personality characteristics, and intimate relationships in adulthood
    link
    https://www.psycharchives.org/en/item/efbd8328-bad5-4084-a8bc-d21f2fa7fabb
    [PDF] The Psychological Effects of Childhood Trauma on Adult Relationships
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    https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1442&context=studentpub

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    The Little Me Pact: How Childhood Shapes Our Love Blueprint

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    The Avoidant Heart: When Distance Feels Safer Than Connection

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