When we are ghosted, it really deprives you of those usual social cues and it creates a sense of emotional dysregulation where you feel out of control. It's an evolutionary siren, an evolutionary alarm in our head that goes, oh my gosh, this person doesn't like me. So what do we do now? What are the next steps here? What is the best way to respond? I always say this on this show and it is a very deep personal philosophy of mine but no response is the most powerful response Especially when we consider why people ghost and the personality traits that may be inherent within them. Things like narcissism, things like psychopathy, things like Machia
Today we're discussing the increasing prevalence of ghosting in modern dating. The use of dating apps has created a sense of choice overload, whilst social media has simultaneously allowed us a sense of online anonymity and diminished our ability to communicate, resulting in a rise in ghosting. Being ghosted can leave us craving emotional closure and feeling a sense of rejection. However, there are a number of psychological motivations behind why people ghost us, including emotional unavailability, emotional intelligence, the Dark Triad of narcissism, psychopathy and machiavellianism, but also people pleasing tendencies and convenience. We explore all of these reasons and more, as well as the best response to being ghosted and how we can provide ourselves with the psychological closure and answers we need. Listen now.
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