u/Bulky_Transition337

أنا شاب [26 سنة] أعرف هذه الفتاة [27 سنة] منذ 3 سنوات. نعيش في بلدين مختلفين، وكانت علاقتنا في أول سنتين ونصف متقطعة جداً؛ نطمئن على بعضنا ثم ننقطع لشهور، مجرد صداقة عابرة.

تغير كل شيء منذ 6 أشهر، أصبح التواصل مستمراً وبدأنا نلمح بوضوح لوجود مشاعر. هي من بادرت بالجهد لرؤيتي؛ زارت مدينتي بحجة "اشتياقها للمدينة" (كانت تعيش هنا سابقاً)، ثم التقينا مرة أخرى بعد 3 أشهر. اللقاءان كانا رائعين بكل المقاييس.

بعد اللقاء الثاني، قررت أن أكون مباشراً. صارحتها بمشاعري وقلت لها جملة شخصية جداً: "أنتِ تغسلينني من الداخل" (بمعنى أنها تمنحني السلام النفسي). ردت بإيموجي قلب وقالت إنها استمتعت بوقتها معي جداً وتحدثنا في أمور عميقة.

قررت السفر لبلدها لنقضي أسبوع ميلادها معاً، وخططنا لكل شيء سوياً. أرسلت لها رسالة صوتية أخبرها أنها "أولويتي"، وأنني آتٍ من أجلها هي لا من أجل السياحة، وسأتكفل بكل شيء لترتاح هي وتستمتع. ردت قائلة: "لقد جعلتني أخجل 🙈".

عندما وصلت، كان اليوم الأول مذهلاً. لمحت لها أنني سأشاركها شيئاً إيجابياً غداً، وتفاعلت بخجل أيضاً. لكن في اليوم الثاني، عندما استجمعت شجاعتي وفتحت قلبي وكنت هشاً أمامها، تغيرت الأجواء فوراً! أصبحت متفاجئة، ضحكت بتوتر، وقالت إنها تشعر بـ "ضباب" في رأسها وأنها متعبة من الرد.

لاحقاً اعترفت لي بشيء قالت إنها لا تقوله إلا لطبيبها النفسي: إنها تمتلك "نمط ارتباط تجنبي قلق"، وتشعر برغبة في دفع الناس بعيداً عندما يقتربون منها أكثر من اللازم.

في اليوم الرابع، تحولت إلى إنسانة غريبة تماماً.. غريبة لدرجة أنها لم تكن تستطيع النظر في عيني، وبدا عليها عدم الارتياح الجسدي بمجرد وجودي بجانبها. اعترفت أن اقتراب شخص منها "يُحفز" تجنبها، ومع ذلك ترفض العلاج بحجة أنها لا تريد أن تكون "عبئاً". سألتها عن مشاعرها، فقالت فقط إنها "تستمتع بالحديث معي ومشاركة أشياء عميقة لا تشاركها مع أحد غيري".

عدت إلى بلدي وأنا أشعروكأنني كنت أتحدث مع شخص آخر تماماً في اليوم الأخير. منذ عودتي، أشعر بخمول ونحل جسدي شديد بسبب الصدمة. هي الآن ترسل رسائل بسيطة للاطمئنان ("هل وصلت؟")، وأنا أرد ببرود وأدب محايد، محاولاً إغلاق هذا الباب تماماً بعد أن انكشفت الحقيقة.

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u/Bulky_Transition337 — 13 days ago

I [26M] have known this girl [27F] for about 3 years. We live in different countries. For the first two and a half years, our relationship was very "on and off." We would talk for a while, check in on each other, and talk about life, but then we’d go silent for months. There were no clear feelings involved back then, just a friendly connection. Everything changed about 6 months ago. We became much more consistent, and we both started dropping obvious hints that there was something more. That’s when she started making real efforts to see me. She visited me in my city, claiming she "missed the city," as she used to live here, and we met again 3 months later when she had a competition nearby. Both times were incredible.

After the second meeting, I decided to stop being indirect. I finally confessed my feelings and told her something very personal: that "she washes me from the inside" (an expression meaning she purifies my soul and brings me immense peace). She later told me how much she also enjoyed her time with me while we talked a lot about deep personal stuff, and she reacted with a heart emoji to my message. I’ve decided to go to her town to spend her birthday week with her, and we planned the whole trip mostly together to hangout every day. While sending messages to get the plan ready, I sent her a long voice note today, being very clear that she is my priority. I told her I’m coming for her, not for the sightseeing, and that I’ll take care of all the arrangements and expenses so she can just relax and enjoy, in which she replied saying: "You made me blush 🙈" with other comments having this emoji.

Once I arrived in her country, Day 1 was amazing. I hinted that I had something positive to share with her the next day, and again, she reacted with blushes. However, when I found the courage to be vulnerable on Day 2, the atmosphere shifted instantly. She became surprised, laughed nervously, and then claimed she felt a "fog" and was too tired to respond. She then confessed something she said she only shares with her therapist: she is a fearful avoidant and often feels the need to push people away when they get too close.

On day 3 we both got sick and we stayed at home.

By Day 4, she had transformed into a stranger. She couldn't look me in the eye and seemed physically uncomfortable just being near me. When I asked if my words had affected her, she admitted that someone getting close triggers her avoidance, yet she refused the idea of therapy, saying she didn't want to be a "burden." I asked multiple times if I can help and how both of us can help each other as I also suffered from traumas since I was a kid, but she kept saying that nothing is wrong with me. It's just something in her that she's always eager to fight. I asked if she has feelings and she just said that she enjoys talking to me and sharing deep stuff that isn't shared with anyone else in her life. I left Italy feeling discarded, realizing I had been talking to a different person on day 4. It just felt weird. Since returning to my country, I’ve had to fight the numbness in my body as I always feel tired now triggered by this rejection. To the point that I had to drag myself to the airport to go back to my country while feeling sleepy and tired. She has since sent small "safety check" messages after I got back to make sure I got home safely, but I am now responding with cold, neutral politeness and matching her energy and finally closing the door on a connection that thankfully was revealed.

How can I overcome this? Was I very quick on my actions towards her? I feel like I wasted my time, but at least now I know about attachment styles.

TL;DR: After a three-year connection, I traveled to my girl friend's country to spend a birthday week after hinting for social intimacy with her for months. After confessing to her, she became a cold stranger, admitted to being a fearful avoidant who refuses therapy, and felt deactivated because I got too close. I left her country feeling discarded and am now reclaiming my self-worth by responding to her low-effort "safety checks" with neutral politeness trying to close everything with her.

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u/Bulky_Transition337 — 15 days ago