Relationships and Attachment Theory

As an infant, you come into the world and you're helpless. The first rule that we all learned was, when feeling anxious, look outside yourself to soothe that anxiety. And part of becoming a functional adult, in or out of romantic relationship, is the ability to self soothe in part. A lot of relationships is about accessing the things from other people that we can't provide ourselves. There'rs some healthy aspects to that, but there's some really unhealthy aspects to it as well.

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