Reality Check: Master Manipulation & The Anxious/Avoidant Dance (Love is Blind Reactions)

002. A relationship expert and a therapy junkie react to Season 5, Episodes 2-4 of Love is Blind on Netflix. This is ONLY commentary on these episodes, so thoughts and opinions are subject to change as we learn more!

In this episode, we discuss:

+ the difference between men and women comforting each other

+ Lydia’s pleading response to Milton hearing about her history with Uche

+ the self-fulfilling prophecy that happens with anxious/avoidant attachment

+ how Lydia re-enacted her relationship with Uche through Aaliyah

+ what a true trauma bond looks like

+ forcing intimacy as a coping mechanism

+ Uche’s emotionally abusive reactions to Aaliyah every step of the way

+ how easy it is to project our own fantasies onto other people

Welcome to our reality,

starring Jami Alix Singer & Naomi Rawitz