And how you can stop it in its tracks right now. Everything you avoid bringing up is slowly shaping the distance between you. Sometimes it could seem like a gap impossible to close. It may even feel like closeness has broken. This seldom happens through one catastrophic moment, but through small moments of emotional absence that quietly accumulate over time. A little less honesty. A little less softness. A little less returning. That’s the deeper truth about avoidance. It doe