Attachment styles aren't set in stone: You can change yours to be more secure, like I did. In my early 20s, I prided myself on never being that girl crying over some guy. While I'd console teary-eyed ...

I was rewatching Girls for the umpteenth time when I realized: There’s a pattern here. In this particular episode, Hannah (played by Lena Dunham), finds herself in a situationship with Adam (Adam ...

Attachment theory may have originated in 1958 by British psychiatrist John Bowlby, but it’s become a popular conversation topic online (with over 348.3 million TikTok views on the topic). If you’re ...

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 ...

In relationships, we often see that people with two particular insecure attachment styles collide the most: anxious and avoidant. All attachment styles play an important role in shaping our romantic ...

In a TikTok that has been viewed nearly 1 million times, a woman explains that her husband’s approach to calming down after an argument is “by being in my skin, attached to me like a bug on a rug.” As ...

Learning about attachment styles is arguably one of the best ways to understand why you act the way you do in romantic relationships. But as you dive into the world of attachment styles, you'll ...

You've heard of it: distancing your relationships, suppressing your emotions, fearing intimacy. This is how I manage being an avoidant attachment, and how I want to grow.

Do you find yourself hyperfixating on whether your partner is upset with you? Do you feel as though you're constantly nagging at your significant other in search of affection? Or maybe you're the ...

Perhaps you’ve tried decoding people through their love language, zodiac sign, or MBTI. But if you really want to understand how someone behaves in their relationships—or why they pull away when ...

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Reviewed by Emily Edlynn, PhD Key Takeaways Avoidant attachment can be a problem for kids, because it lead to other mental health issues like feeling distrustful and emotionally numb.Parents who are ...