Attached: Are you Anxious, Avoidant or Secure? How the science of adult attachment can help you find – and keep – love
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Attached: Are you Anxious, Avoidant or Secure? How the science of adult attachment can help you find – and keep – love
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amazon.comInstead, you will begin to see that you are partners suffering from past hurts and also partners in the project of helping each other create safety in your relationship and respond to each other’s needs. This way, you both can experience the sensations of feeling fully alive and joyful connecting. You are allies on this journey, not competitors. Yo
... See moreIt is so complete—and our need to feel safe is so profound—that we will do anything not to lose them.
Research findings support the exact opposite. Getting attached means that our brain becomes wired to seek the support of our partner by ensuring the partner’s psychological and physical proximity. If our partner fails to reassure us, we are programmed to continue our attempts to achieve closeness until the partner does. If