'Banksying' Could Be Why You Never Got Closure From Your Ex

<script>!function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement('iframe');t.display='none',t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement('script');c.src='//cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js',c.setAttribute('async','1'),c.setAttribute('type','text/javascript'),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document);</script><script id="690b5776e4b08f258c877fc5">(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=8b034f64-513c-4987-b16f-42d6008f7feb';cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"8b034f64-513c-4987-b16f-42d6008f7feb","mediaId":"62bd02dc-3365-468f-b642-1854a4613f20"}).render("690b5776e4b08f258c877fc5");});</script><div class="content-list-component text"><p>Look, no breakup is easy.</p><p>But “Banksying,” a dating trend which Dr Matthew Leahy, psychologist and the Director of Group Programming at <a href="https://momentousinstitute.org/our-team-and-board" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Momentous Institute</a>, describes as a kind of “emotional avoidance, spurred on by technology,” can be especially rough. </p><p>Speaking to HuffPost UK, Dr Leahy shared that the behaviour can leave people feeling lost and confused. </p><p>Here’s what the term means, how to spot it, and why the psychologist thinks it happens.</p><h2><strong>What is “Banksying”?</strong></h2><p>Named after the graffiti artist Banksy, whose artworks often pop up out of nowhere,<a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/introducing-banksying-the-latest-toxic-dating-trend/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> “Banksying” refers to a breakup</a> that leaves one party completely b