Top 3 reasons why breaking no contact with avoidant ex is a BAD idea

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[@Jdotrhh]

No contact for me means I don’t know if they’re dead or alive but that’s what they wanted

[@Heavenlysky89]

Me too. They just no longer exist

[@LivyWithWhiskey]

Yaaaas louder for the ones in the back

[@Pure.Freaking.Meredith]

It's hard but it's better than killing yourself trying to fix them

[@isaacjackson2770]

100%

[@kp5870]

Dating on apps is a bunch of avoidants, so whether you go backwards or forwards, it’s just a flood of avoidants.

[@blerfblarfson]

It feels nice to imagine them all forced to deal with each other and slowly realizing they can't get anywhere with someone who acts just like them. Lol

[@gianniferrari1122]

This is very true. I told my ex that it doesnt matter how many men she meets on bumble, tinder or hinge, that all these men have childhood trauma that will eventually be seen by them. Shes just running from her own emotions at this point. This is why I refuse to even go on apps anymore. It's all a bunch of bullshit on there.

[@lmart16]

If you don't reach out to an FA, you'll never hear from them again lol.

[@jennyw9656]

He’s messaged me 3 times in the month of no contact. “Are you dead” a picture of the sunset and then “I guess you’re not gonna talk to me”….. they literally do not apologize or think they’ve done anything wrong…. Right before I stopped talking he said I had an attitude (I’ve explained how I felt a billion times and what I needed, he didn’t listen ) he said “I hurt you how can I make it right”…. He’s done more than hurt me,… cheating, was in a relationship with someone else keeping me on the back burner, using me, no dates, labels, affection, no quality time, got other girl pregnant…..I cannot ever give him another chance, I need to protect myself from him. He’s a coworker, pouts when I’m around now, sucks to see him….. But damn I’d like to believe they know how f*cked up they are. I can’t even date anymore. I feel nothing. Apathy toward men in general now, zero self esteem, lots of anger, especially at myself. These people are terrible 💔

[@jsbp8545]

I'm so sorry😢 I feel you! This type of person should never exist or be able to date or have any type of relationship. She did the same to me and I'm hurting so much. It has been 2 weeks and she is doing exactly what all these videos talk about. Posting, distractions, etc. Acting like they don't know you. I un-installed every social app and I hope that helps. Some days are better than others but I promise you and me that it will only get better and everything will be alright and even better than it was before.

[@Jen-K-2024]

This whole relationship has damaged me to the damn core. 10 weeks of him ignoring me after I confronted him. After everything I did for him and this is how he treats me. Now I have to figure out how to stop crying . Stop the hurt.

[@azizalbnay914]

Same here, damaged frickin goods .. my relationship with the avoident lasted for almost 2 years of mostly silent treatment .. im the anxious one in the relationship so trying to reconsiliate things with her made things worse, she dumped me and got engaged to someone else ! But being oblivious no more, i tried my best and she lost me ,,, although she did me dirty i wish she has the best life that i couldn't have with her

[@azizalbnay914]

By the way the way you typed your comment, it is no brainer to me that you will overcome this period with a flying colors just don't lose hope in yourself, your core is made of God damn steel

[@vodacoma1747]

... btw. crying /tears can be healing an reducing stres, pain... after crying I'm tired but also feeling less pain... love yourself, the Universe prepared a difficult lesson for us, because it knows we will pass exam... everything Whats going on in our life is good... time will show us it was necessary for our own growing.. I know relation with avoidant is sooo difficult.. all the best 🌻

[@bryceoleski5680]

I feel that. I’m 6 months post discard. It’s gotten better but I’m still a shell of my former self.

[@Jen-K-2024]

@bryceoleski5680 going on 3 months here. I'm just existing. Tears come easily. 😢 I'm sorry for the pain you felt /feeling. 💔

[@danadecore6872]

Everything you have said in this video is dead on! The abusive behavior is just disgusting and SICK! I’m done being emotionally, mentally, psychologically, financially and physically abused! I USED TO BE SECURE NOW A SHATTERED MESS

[@spiritwanderer777]

This is probably the most important video you ever posted. People should listen to it VERY carefully. Thank you for the wonderful work you do.

[@ljiljanameter5902]

You have no idea how much you have helped me to even understand what, the hell, happend to me at all. I send you much love from Croatia.❤

[@marchong233]

Best advice ever. Been NC for a month with avoidant ex. A month ago he just left a message to end a relationship because je wanted to focus on his kids. That's it. Then message him back and never reply. Still healing 😢 but i won't take him back. I don't want him in my life because his reason for breaking up with me doesn't make any sense we've been together for almost 7 years an out of nowhere sending me a message that he wanted to focus on his kids.

[@kathyburgess1735]

Thank you. I did it wrong for years--I’m done now and moving on!

[@noussa-tf3lb]

I come back to your videos to remind me of my worth & his disrespect & hurt towards me, thank you very much ❤🎉

[@shanimeho7771]

Very painful to listen to you speaking about this intense emotion… thank you for your advice., definitely needed to know how to use coping strategies. Definitely helps 👍🏼

[@mdee1153]

Thanks Ryan. God bless you. I listen to this clip everytime that i want to contact him. Thanks for reminding me to see my self worth and that i do deserve better.

[@ManuelGomezX]

You’re too good man. Thanks for this content

[@Ruthforme]

😮‍💨…Thanks Coach!! Just as you know my avoidant blind sided me, as such I’ve blocked him so he can’t get in touch with me. I’m in the process of healing.💔😢

[@BlastingZone]

6 minutes ago? Been 6 months here 😂✌🏻

[@robertlorinc2714]

love all your videos, they helped me to understand her and myself, now i know what i want, and its not her

[@jenniferklopman2557]

It's so important to cultivate self love ❤️ To start, sometimes, you have to "fake it until you make it" When someone is making you feel insecure/confused/sad with mixed signals, ask yourself:"What would you tell your best friend to do?" Then have the courage to do what needs to be done. You'll get stronger AND free yourself up for the right type of love in your life. You're beautiful ❤❤❤ and so worthy

[@ChumpanZees]

Thank you very much Coach Ryan, this is life saving knowledge 🙏

[@ijv5567]

I'm almost 3 months in No Contact after being blindsided and discarded and ghosted by my avoidant ex gf. Today I heard she is hosting a 'goodbye' dinner for friends. So I think she is moving countries or going to study abroad. Anyone ever experience this? They are actually making the distance even bigger

[@roydied15]

I’m going through a similar thing right now. My recent breakup that brought me to this video is with an avoidant whom dropped the bomb on me last Tuesday (7/9) that she “wasn’t ready to belong to anyone” after I took her out on 7/5 for what she said was the “greatest night of her life.” She’s from my home town in the Chicago suburbs, but has actually lived on the west coast for the last 12 years and moved back her in March after a breakup of a 3 year relationship. I’m not mad at her at all. She explained to me even on the first date that she wasn’t looking for anything serious. I played it cool and was just my true genuine self around her because I felt I had nothing to lose and things got SUPER serious really quickly to where she was spending the night regularly and we were even planning trips together and moving in this winter. The part where my story connects to yours is that I know in my heart that she’s going to eventually move back to the west coast. She’s not made for the Midwest. She’s so bright and intelligent and beautiful and successful and she only came back her temporarily to help care for an ill family member, so the whole thing was probably destined to fail anyway, but I still have this really really small glimmer of hope. She even gave me a timeline that she’s not allowing herself to date, “talk to,” enter a relationship, have sex, or even drink alcohol until December. She’s currently in therapy to actually ditch her avoidant attachment style and develop into a secure attachment style (what she told me anyway). She’s been so transparent this whole process that I do genuinely believe that she’s trying to change herself because she told me that her avoidant/anxiety/insecurities have lead to the downfall of essentially every relationship she’s been in and she’s tired of it. The anxieties/insecurities are even the catalyst she said sparked her to leave me. She’s such an amazing, sweet, caring woman and she’s checked in on me a few times since last Tuesday, however watching these videos has made me question if those intentions are pure or if she’s just pulling the typical avoidant strategy of “keeping me around?” I guess I really just have to buckle down and stick with this no contact thing. It’s about to be one of the hardest choices of my life, but if it’ll make me stop feeling the emptiness I feel currently, it’ll be completely worth it

[@EleK10]

Thank you so much for these contents. You are helping ne immensely

[@koala01111986]

I wish I knew all this stuff 3 months and a half ago...I was dating a guy that ended up being FA like me, 4 months together, strong feelings from both, his fears started to come up more and more and then he pulled away (he was also starting to tell me I miss you before leaving my place). I went more in the anxious side and tried to fix things, he showed up driving a few times where and when he knows he can find for sure, to say hi (in the first month he stopped also twice and was emotional, then it was too much & showed up again only to say hi with his hand). In real NC now for 5 weeks. Now I know things, I know how we both function, how to regulate better and so on, and really wish he comes back from deactivation soon

[@Shestylez1988]

Thank you so much for this. I’m on Day 1 of no contact 😢hoping to heal from this and come out stronger 💔

[@tamwright278]

Good luck..it's beyond hard

[@ms.angieb.1597]

Five years for me… with the help of the Lord! Prayer makes you strong. It was very hard at first….

[@Shestylez1988]

@@tamwright278 thank you so much. The pain is excruciating

[@daneryan1879]

@@Shestylez1988 It gets easier every day if you remember there is no time frame to healing Fill your days, better yourself and realize you will get stronger

[@priebess]

I just want to say please stay strong! Stay the course of no contact! It hurts terribly as time passes. It was a sudden blow when my ex dumped me 5 months ago in January. I reached out to her several times before I found out how bad it is for both people involved. I hope that I can encourage you to not fall into the pit!

[@EzazHazarika]

really good stuff 👌

[@a.d.b535]

Last time we split he broke contact by sending a text that he was going to say hi to me but saw I was having quite a chat with another man. A convo ensued which led to a get back together. However, he still contacts his ex GF and here we are again.

[@yeeeeeyy]

Thank you so much

[@Savage_Queue]

I messed up because she sent me a letter, saying it's the last one. Said so many kind things but said we may only meet later in life. I am going back to NC. But, the emotional trigger made me call. I hate that I did it but, its ok. We live and learn.

[@tatianawoellner6620]

I know the feeling. 😢Be kind to yourself ❤

[@hilaryfalkenberg9348]

Yes be kind. I broke no- contact with an email, but basically left it open ended for him to make it right so if he chooses. It's a process. I said I had to keep moving on with or without you...self preservation. As Coach Ryan said in previous podcasts your lack of closure is your closure. Sending something with no expectation in return can be powerful too. Now I'm definitely in no contact. No response like I expected! Thank you Coach Ryan! You are a blessing ❤

[@ritapeters1330]

It was oK contacting her why not, I do not believe in all this NC stuff, love is bigger

[@ritapeters1330]

​@@hilaryfalkenberg9348 me too, I wanted closure for myself, no response then is my closure

[@jlm3195]

Could you do a video on 2 avoidants during no contact & also the dynamics of 2 avoidants in a connection?

[@ritapeters1330]

I broke no contact giving him a deadline, contacting me within a few days, that is all, I said I would leave his country and doors will be shut then. I owed it to myself to give him this final chance., that is all, you need closure after all.

[@Trex7124]

Oops. I am still very very angry with how it ended. I walked out after so many times of disrespect and abuse, Emotions..? he got angry. Now I am very angry at how he treated me. I want him to know that there is no going back. I said for my own dignity and self respect, Id rather sleep in a cold van. (I'll find my way again) No no no. Oh heck no. What emotionally healthy woman wants that..

[@dinosaurlover2829]

What about when they contact you and they ignore your reply. I made the mistake to reply just said I was ok, no more and he didn't reply at all. Don't want to talk to him again but curious of why?

[@asdfxcvbn746]

does sending the hand wave emoji when you see them in a mutual friends' twitch chat count as reaching out? i felt like ignoring her would make me look petty. besides 2-3 years had passed since we fell out. also, I suspect she intentionally dropped into chat when I was there. because I feel like if she really hated me that much, she would've just not came into the chat until I left.

[@asdfxcvbn746]

@@palmiccz she also INSTANTLY clicked on & accepted my invite to my discord when I sent it. she came into my discord & we never spoke to each other again after that day... weird. i had like 150 other women in my discord, so i didn't want to put any focus on her & scare her off, so i never reached out again. i feel like i did enough. i said hi in chat with the emoji & sent her an invite. we had a very brief but friendly exchange in the discord DM (the falling out was never discussed) & thats it. i never spoke to her again. the way she discarded me was worse than you can ever imagine. so i feel like reaching out any more than what i did would be compromising my self-respect. i already did too much imo.

[@asdfxcvbn746]

@@palmiccz i see... you're probably right. she'll be alone forever. she was very good looking & after we fell out, she got a bad plastic surgery/rhinoplasty & ruined her face. some years have passed & she is now age 30. she destroyed her only value. i'll be kind & cordial to her, because thats my personality, but i'm definitely not going out of my way to talk to her now after the plastic surgery. she doesn't look good enough to pursue anymore. her dismissive avoidant personality will get a rude awakening. she's used to people chasing her, but now that she looks different, she's gonna get a lot less men pursuing her.

[@taylorbee4010]

:/ I liked one photo But she did that first

[@azizalbnay914]

Stay strong Taylor, you can overcome this period !

[@SashaStreams]

Sorry, unrelated to this video - I'm going out on a bit of a limb here as people can be quick to slate or feel very uncomfortable at such an unusual interaction, so it's not something I usually share. I'm not sure how to share with out this seeming deranged or crazy - but - there's an avoidant guy at my local gym that has deep feelings for me and vice versa.. but we almost never verbally comunicate with each other. I did approach him a few times last year but it wasn't reciprocated. It takes way too much of my energy to approach him and I decided I'd leave him to be the one to approach me. In fairness to him I'm probably the most unapproachable female in the gym and no matter how much energy I pour into being more approachable, subconscious takes over and I scare people away. I also completely freeze up or start panicking inside if he works out near me (and would if I thought anyone was intrested in a relationship with me). No mater what's going on internally or externally between us both I'm trying to keep things simple and focus on what I know for sure. I know we're both avoidant, I know we both have feelings for each other but I also know we both keep running away from eachother and neither of us can step in towards each other and are both comfortable when there's distance between us. We've both suffered a lot of trauma and struggle with social issues. We're both dating. We'll both continue to see eachother at the gym and it's likely the people we're dating won't progress into a relationship. I could just be hooked into the hope that things might work out between us and we could just continue going through the same pattern as we have been for the last couple of years. Whether he can ever find the readiness or confidence to break the ice between us and take the chance to really get to know me is unknown. I'm trying to leave things to God and enjoy my journey what ever happens, but this feels like it has too much of a hold over me and I'm not sure how to navigate my life when it comes to developing relationships. I'm wondering whether I need to completely close the door to this guy to concentrate on figuring out how to develop healthier attraction or whether closing the door would be more avoidance taking over to save myself more pain. If anyone has any understanding or insight any kind and wise guidance is appreciated.

[@yaarisminko8228]

Guess what? She came back after 1 year of no contact and I agreed. Slowly, we talked and got back together. I treated her well. After 5 months of intense relationship when she wasn’t expecting it, I sent her a 3-word breakup message followed by videos of me and her best friend in action. Then I blocked her, now she calls me crying 🤣🤣🤣🤣 . It was funny, I feel better. That 's what she deserved .

[@MinorKey135]

Sounds like you held onto bitterness for years then used her friend for revenge porn

[@Caparason824]

That’s evil

[@MinorKey135]

@@Caparason824 dude is deleting comments I think. I left one and it got deleted (about to leave it again)

[@MinorKey135]

@@yaarisminko8228 Sounds like you held onto bitterness for years then used her friend for revenge p!rn

[@yaarisminko8228]

@@Caparason824 What's evil is when she cheated on me when i was a good person to her . Now she changed me and i don't regret it . She made me .