Its making the assumption that you are anxious and your ex is avoidant. Consistency for a fearful avoidant is their words and actions consistently match. Fearful avoidants have the hardest time trusting others, and often feel alone and unworthy of love. Now I know those fears were not real and related to my attachment style. I can dip into my real life to illustrate this point. Instead, stick to No Contact and if they try to push for more, make it clear to them that youre not interested in being just friends with them. Where I felt more comfortable by myself. Well first off, you need to be firm on No Contact after a breakup. They don't respond with equal warmth, for sure, but at least they don't act like they're being attacked. It never works not because there was no chance for it to work to begin with; it never works because you cant be close to someone when you are doing things that push them away. Even acknowledging their role in the break-up, and showing an awareness of their attachment style is a step in the right direction. These individuals are afraid to get close to others because they believe that they will be abandoned again if they do. Avoidant people tend to be more stubborn, less able to admit their mistakes and more difficult to reach. 1.They are consistent Consistency for a fearful avoidant is not reaching out every day or even every other day, though this may happen with an anxious fearful avoidant ex. They wont say they dont want to meet, but instead avoid conversations about meeting, promise to meet but never follow up and cancel dates last minute. EMOTIONALLY CONNECT WITH YOUR EX. ATTRACT BACK A FEARFUL AVOIDANT, ANXIOUS, DISMISSIVE AVOIDANT EX SECURE ATTACHMENT EMOTIONALLY CONNECT WITH YOUR EX BREAK-UP EMOTIONS & HEALING SELF-WORK 10 EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS COMMITMENT/COMMITMENT PHOBIA/CHEATING FRIENDS WITH AN EX/FRIENDSHIP REBOUND RELATIONSHIPS SEXUAL ATTRACTION & CONFIDENCE EMPATHETIC RELATIONSHIPS EMOTIONAL SAFETY & SECURITY Notice how in phase three, where your ex starts to notice some worrying things its immediately followed with a phase where they think about leaving. A lot of people mislabel those with avoidant attachment styles as people who only like to be alone. I definitely have fearful avoidant tendencies. If a fearful avoidant ex posts something on social media, it's their way of reaching out to you. Fearful avoidants come back during two stages. Now, the reason I point this out is because Id like to highlight the stage at when an avoidant is most likely to come back.. But theres so much about fearful avoidant exes that my team and I are finding that people dont know. In fact, they may internalize this belief so much that they convince themselves they dont deserve interdependent relationships and it becomes this kind of self fulfilling prophecy. Can fearful avoidants have their feelings come back? : r/BreakUps - Reddit etc. Hello to Chris and EBR team Unlike dismissive-avoidants who have a positive view of themselves and a negative view of others, fearful-avoidants generally have a negative image of themselves and a negative view of others. What the fearful avoidant is most averse to is discomfort. (Remember, thats a super simplified version but you get the idea.). He or she doesn't have the same cravings as the dumpee as he or she didn't experience healthy attachment bonds over the course of childhood. Attract Back An Avoidant Ex: 10 Avoidants Cant Change, Can They? The reverse was not truelower anxiety did not seem to predict more gratitude later on. Do you cling to your partner, desperate to get closer to them because youre terrified that theyre going to leave you? This is how relationships are formed between people who are genetically similar or who have shared experiences - because only those who were able to adapt well enough to survive these experiences are left to pass on their genes.