7 Characteristics of a Love Avoidant

Love avoidants avoid intimacy by chasing intensity outside the relationship — career, hobbies, affairs, addiction, or even their children. Kenny Weiss breaks down the 7 characteristics of love avoidants, explains what childhood trauma creates this pattern, and reveals why many people mistake a falsely empowered codependent for a narcissist.

This video connects love avoidance to Kenny Weiss's core framework — the Worst Day Cycle™ (Trauma → Fear → Shame → Denial). Love avoidance is a survival per