I think this happens when you have two people who have been burned in romance and have heavy defenses. She was attracted to him because he was damaged, and the feeling was probably mutual. However, he was leery and his trust was shaken somehow and he shut himself off to her. His act of closing the door shook her trust, and in her mind the dude went from "damaged" to "broken". Their mutual suspiciousness became a self-fulfilling prophesy, and in the aftermath the narrator consoles herself by justifying what happened in labeling him unfit, broken.
I think this happens when you have two people who have been burned in romance and have heavy defenses. She was attracted to him because he was damaged, and the feeling was probably mutual. However, he was leery and his trust was shaken somehow and he shut himself off to her. His act of closing the door shook her trust, and in her mind the dude went from "damaged" to "broken". Their mutual suspiciousness became a self-fulfilling prophesy, and in the aftermath the narrator consoles herself by justifying what happened in labeling him unfit, broken.