Ghosting is practically baked into our modern culture—it’s almost too easy to cut off contact with someone you don’t feel like talking to. “Some just don’t want to deal with the anxiety, annoyance, or the actual conversation of ending a relationship,” Patrice N. Douglas, PsyD, LMFT, a Los Angeles–based clinical psychologist, tells SELF. Being ghosted can feel deeply personal—like you weren’t even worth a text, let alone an explanation.