Learn to question yourself: Why this anger or resentment? Where does this incessant need for attention come from? Under such scrutiny, your emotions will lose their hold on you. You will begin to think for yourself instead of reacting to what others give you.

Your attention is your most valuable resource. Strategic withdrawal is simply conscious curation of where that attention goes.

Constantly resisting being alone can radiate a fear of emptiness, leading to heavy, needy relationships, and ultimately, feeling more alone, confirming the initial fear, but in reality, the individual created the feared outcome through resistance 18:20