The Psychology of Cutting People Off

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]Most people think people who cut others off care less. The truth is the opposite. They cared too much for too long. In the 1970s, Murray Bowen called this emotional cutoff.

[00:00:10]When emotional pain becomes too heavy, some people protect themselves by leaving completely. Not out of hate, out of overwhelm. Cutting someone off isn't always coldness. Sometimes it's the only boundary a person knows how to build.

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