86% of ghosters feel relief after going silent.

Not guilt. Not regret.

Relief.

And that is because it means the body is making a decision the mind cannot.

Ghosting is not (always) cruelty. For many men, it is an unconscious flight response — a nervous system overwhelmed by intimacy, wired in childhood to experience closeness as danger.

In my latest Substack article, I break down the neuroscience, the attachment theory, and the mother wound that sits at the root of why men disappear.

And whilst understanding the pattern doesn't necessarily excuse it, it does free you from carrying it as a verdict on your worth.

Your value was never up for assessment.

📖 The Ghosting Epidemic — read below