joshnicaboy Archive

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9	What does "dread game" mean and what does it do to the relationship and other person? Yes. Very well said. They leverage the fear of abandonment to make the anxious person always come back to them because the pain of being alone is far greater than making the change that the dread gamer wants them to make. Now this is highly toxic for many reasons, primarily being that in this scenario the anxious person has to forego their own needs and desires and will eventually come to resent the person for that (“I do everything for you, and you do nothing but I’m scared to be alone so I wil…	/r/ExRedPill	18/07/22 03:06 PM
21	What does "dread game" mean and what does it do to the relationship and other person? Look up attachment theory. Dread game preys specifically on anxiously attached people that derive a sense of self worth from external emotional validation. Anxiously attached people are addicted to the emotional validation of their partner. Dread is a way for the person using it to try and enact behavioral change in the anxious person by triggering a sense of abandonment and fear of disconnection in them.	/r/ExRedPill	18/07/22 02:04 PM