I’ve been there – trapped in the exhausting cycle of people-pleasing from my own anxious attachment. But here’s the truth I discovered: the key to finding genuine love and deep connections isn’t about being liked by everyone. It’s about having the courage to be disliked by some. Pe...
I have known that I was anxious for a while now and I have known and read about attachment theory, but I never really understood the depths to which it had inhabited my life, my thoughts, and my behaviors. I can’t explain why, but suddenly it all became so clear. I don’t recall...
Anxious-avoidant children become avoidant-dismissive adults. Anxious-ambivalent children become anxious-preoccupied adults. Disorganized children become fearful-avoidant adults. And secure children become secure adults. Which type of insecure attachment style do you resonate with the most? Vote to see other...
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Anxious Attachment. You want to be close and are able to be intimate. To maintain a positive connection, you give up your needs to please and accommodate your partner. But because you don’t get your needs met, you become unhappy. You’re preoccupied with the relationship and highly attuned...
Your attachment is to your addiction, nothing else. And since your addiction takes place in private, essentially a secret, you become more isolated and withdrawn socially. This leads to afurtherdecrease in self-esteem and sociability, which makes it harder to hang out with people, and the cycl...
Obsessionwith another person often stems from alack of self-esteemor an anxious attachment style. However, you may be able to reduce these intrusive feelings through a few steps. Getty/AnnaStills Are you struggling to move on from a crush?
Anxiety in a relationship can look like persistent doubt, insecurity, nonstop worry, and a need for constant reassurance. It may have roots in early childhood attachments and is often asign of an insecure attachment style. Anxiety can negatively impact many aspects of your life, including your ...
need to tend to the other),sociotropic(which is a tendency to place an irrational amount of value on relationships over personal independence), or havinganxious attachment(which is a desire to be close to others whilst simultaneously fearing that those people don’t want to be close in return...
clingy individuals demonstrate a neediness and dependence on their significant other due to a fear of abandonment and an anxiousattachment style. Since these people are terrified that their partner will suddenly lose interest or end the relationship, they hold on to them as tightly as possible—whic...