Dismissive-Avoidant and Fearful-Avoidant are two results of the "What's your attachment style?" read. Here's how the Eye tells them apart.
Get your read — free on iPhoneIndependence is your love language. You don't do clingy, don't do needy, don't do 'where is this going?' conversations. You learned early that relying on people leads to disappointment, so you became a fortress. Self-sufficient. Untouchable. The problem? You're not actually unfeeling — you've just buried it so deep you can't find it anymore. When someone gets close, your body literally tells you to run. You call it 'needing space.' What it actually is: fear wearing a leather jacket.
You are a walking contradiction. You crave deep connection AND run from it. You want someone to stay AND push them away to test it. You feel abandoned when they're distant AND suffocated when they're close. Your relationships look like a push-pull cycle that exhausts everyone, including you. This usually comes from early experiences where love and pain got wired together — so now your brain literally can't tell the difference. You're not broken. You're just running two conflicting programs at once. The work is learning which one to trust.