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Why You’re Obsessed, Anxious, & Still Single - Mercedes Coffman - #1092

May 2, 2026·1h 31m·5-min readconversationalself improvement
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Avoidant culture, fueled by immediacy and convenience in modern dating apps, is reshaping relationship expectations by rewarding emotional unavailability and punishing emotionally available people, leading to widespread nervous system dysregulation, self-abandonment, and chronic lonelines

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Mercedes Coffman

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Mercedes CoffmanChris Willx

Books

The NotebookTitanic

Research & Papers

2021 study in the Journal of Couples and Relationship TherapyLarge-scale surveys on limerence

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AnxietyMental HealthPersonal FinanceSelf Improvement

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