I don t always hear it referred to as the rubber band theory.
Rubber band theory break up.
Don t label it right or wrong.
Here s a different example.
The elastic band theory states that guys are like elastic bands i later amended it to apply broadly to people.
I don t know if it s going to be true in your case though because you didn t just let him go and bounce back.
When you do so you cause that virtual elastic to stretch and suddenly he feels the urge to spring back read.
If not what.
Here are some more suggestions if the rubber band theory is real life for you.
Anytime he seems to be getting distant the best counteractive tactic is to pull away a little yourself.
Imagine that there s a giant rubber band around you and your guy.
This is the most common way of creating a big move in the markets and bubbles are a perfect example of this.
Ok so i know what you re thinking isn t that just absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Just notice what happens.
The theory is simple distance yourself from the other person become aloof as it were and watch as they come pinging back to you like a stretched rubber band hence the name.
Perhaps you are a complainer.
Notice your patterns and when you either withdraw and pull away or feel abandoned and either push against or withdraw.
A new theory invokes the common rubber band in an attempt to explain dark energy a mysterious force causing the universe to expand at an ever increasing pace.
You may have basically told him to go away and not bother coming back.
When dividers are breaking down it feels like i am a rubber band and that is what i call the rubber band theory.
It acts to snap you back into the present moment so you can consciously choose a new behavior until that new behavior becomes your automatic response.
Get closer to you.
Then release the tension and the rubber band is flaccid and relaxed again.
This builds up hidden energy and once that energy is released the rubber band ejects violently to the opposite direction.
The first one is to stretch the rubber band far enough to one side.
The rubber band is a pattern breaker that gets your attention and reminds you that you are choosing a new behavior.
Do you think that there is any truth in the theory that relationships are all or mostly like elastic bands.
Sometimes they want to be close and connected like a coiled up elastic band.
Imagine taking a rubber band and stretching it out twisting it around holding a tension.
Too much pulling on an elastic band will eventually break it.