Jul 12
This is what courage looks like in a relationship. Not the loud kind. Not the dramatic kind. The quiet kind.
What if the avoidant's silence is their scream?
Not indifference. Not coldness. But the only language left when every other word feels too dangerous to speak.
They go quiet because quiet is safe. Because silence can't be used against them. Because somewhere along the way they learned that needing something out loud only ever led to disappointment.
So they swallow it. And the silence grows loud.
This is what doing the work looks like — learning to hear what isn't being said. Learning to stay anyway.
