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define "emotional unavailability"

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anybody out there got a real working easy to understand explanation or example of emotional unavailability.
i just don't know the difference in someone with boundaries and someone unavailable.
i'm assuming if boundaries are walls then that person would be "emotionally unavailable"?
thanks.
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I would agree that they could be called boundaries, but I think they are more like walls in someone who is emotionally unavailable. I find the emotionally unavailable to be very difficult to understand, or to relate with. It really screws up my senses, and if this person is close to you it can really mess you up when you are trying to find your "place" in the relationship.
It is hard to for me to tell the difference between someone who is "unavailable" and someone who really just doesn't care.
Not sure If I answered your question...
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deleted_user
nope....but i'm glad you are just as baffled as i am!
i was feeling a bit dopey for not getting this.
and i like how you put it:
unavailable or just don't care.
blessings!
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http://lifeesteem.org/wellness/wellness_emotional_unavailability.html

http://www.passiveaggressive.homestead.com/Trap.html

I love google. :) The top two (well after the ever present amazon.com link that comes up no matter what you search for) when I typed in emotional unavailability.

Definitions and examples. Hope this helps.
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