Often for people who are emotionally unavailable, their primary drive is independence and their greatest fear is engulfment, or becoming dependent on another person, according to licensed couples therapist Brooke Sprowl, LCSW, CNTS. “In other words, losing themselves in another person or being subsumed,” she says, adding that they then seek space and solitude to regulate their anxiety, especially during conflicts.”
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