Will keep posting relationship stuff even tho I’m not actively running Khan atm. Khan permanently changed me. And I’ll return to Khan soon.
Ended one “casual girlfriend” dynamic because she was actually just love-bombing me (in a bad way) as part of her anxious-avoidant dance. Once I saw it for what it was, I cut it off. It was nice while it lasted, and I’m glad I cut it off exactly when I did, no sooner or later.
Learning a lot about my attachment styles. Mark Groves and others have great resources on YT.
I’m starting to think that all personal development (socially/relationally) can be summed up as earning a secure attachment style. It’s the best “personal development goal” for self-work, as it’s very specific and well defined, while also being widely focused on almost all areas of life.
I’m pretty secure already in a lot of ways, but even being secure, it’s still been extremely valuable to question myself, checking into my body at all times while interacting to ask myself “am I being secure with myself, am I meeting my own needs before asking her to meet mine, am I speaking while grounded, am I comfortable with her wanting more/less space, am I comfortable in my desire for connection, am I comfortable not getting it, how do I feel right now, etc.”
And in some ways i have those insecure attachments patterns show up and they’re great to work through