Learning how this type of attachment style develops is truly healing and can help you understand a lot about your relationship.

Our romantic relationships require us to be emotionally present and to be able to balance interdependence with autonomy. If we are more securely attached, we tend to display a healthy balance between ...

Last week, I introduced common attachment styles in the LGBTQ+ community. In short, attachment theory posits that individuals with avoidant attachment evade difficult conversations and vulnerable ...

You hate weddings and loathe Valentine’s Day. You gag at PDA. Every time you start to get close to someone new, you lace up your New Balances and sprint in the opposite direction. If you just won this ...

Attachment styles fall along a continuum of different aspects, typified by anxiety and avoidance. There are four main attachment styles measured along those dimensions: secure attachment, ...

Last week, I discussed what an avoidantly attached person should consider when it comes to their role in the dynamic of an anxious-avoidant relationship. This week, I’ll focus on how an anxiously ...

Understanding the push-pull dynamic in relationships, the attachment theory by John Bowlby explains how early childhood bonds with caregivers impact adult romantic relationships. Anxious individuals ...

Dismissive avoidant attachment often gets a bad rap and, sometimes, that can be justified based on “bad” behavior in relationships. That said, dismissive avoidant people are also widely misunderstood.