You told yourself you were overreacting. But the pain didn't go away — and there's a reason for that.

Deja Phillips, LSW, CADC, explains what's really happening in your nervous system when a friend pulls away — and why it often isn't just about the friendship.

They said they needed some space. They said it wasn't about you. And yet something in you completely panicked — heart racing, mind spinning, certain that something is wrong. Here's why that happens, and what it actually means.