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#42: 5 Similarities Between Anxious & Avoidant People

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The Role of Nervous System Regulation in Conflict

Anxious and avoidant people both struggle to say regulated in times of relational stress. The anxious person is going into sympathetic arousal almost always very quickly. They're really struggling to stay connected because their nervous system takes them so quickly out of their bodies. So I think for that reason, conflict on both sides can feel pretty unsafe.

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