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Therapist: Being With Emotionally Avoidant Partner Can Cause Physical Illness

Modern Wisdom · Why You’re Obsessed, Anxious, & Still Single - Mercedes Coffman - #1092 · May 3, 2026
Therapist: Being With Emotionally Avoidant Partner Can Cause Physical Illness
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Why You’re Obsessed, Anxious, & Still Single - Mercedes Coffman - #1092
"Your nervous system now is spiking in cortisol, which is your stress hormones. A lot of the times this changes people because they are experiencing fatigue, mood disorders, sleep disturbances, appetite disorders."
Expert warns that relationships with emotionally unavailable people can severely impact physical health through nervous system dysregulation, causing symptoms ranging from sleep disturbances to appetite disorders as partners experience cycles of attachment and withdrawal.
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