229: Stop Asking "Why Don't They Want Me?"

9 Oct 2026 · 36 min · Episode 229 · Explicit

Episode 229: Stop Asking "Why Don't They Want Me?"

0:00 36:10

Why do I keep choosing the wrong people? Why can't I let go of someone who won't choose me? If you're stuck asking "why," this episode is for you. Sabrina breaks down why self-awareness alone won't heal anxious attachment, how childhood patterns follow you into dating and relationships, and what Mary Ainsworth's Strange Situation study shows about anxious and avoidant attachment: avoidants feel the panic too, they just hide it.

She also reads from Chapter 4 of her new book, Why Am I Like This?, about a dating story that taught her what self-abandonment really looks like. Learn the better questions to ask yourself, how nervous system regulation changes the story you tell yourself, and how to stop people pleasing and start choosing you.

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Chapters:

00:00 Stop Asking Why: Ask Better Questions

04:03 Why Self-Awareness Isn't Enough

07:06 How to Trust Yourself and Choose You

09:41 The Strange Situation Attachment Study

13:10 Family Patterns and Outgrowing People

16:04 Feeling Insecure? Stop Being Perfect

18:37 Childhood Trauma and Anxious Attachment

21:42 Abandoning Yourself to Get Chosen

25:09 Self-Abandonment Is a Trauma Response

28:41 Third-Person Self-Talk Stops Rumination

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