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How to Make Friends as a Grownup w/ Dr. Marisa G. Franco

Go Ask Ali

CHAPTER

Platonic: The Theory of Attachment

From kindergarten on, you're constantly dealing with how you attach to people. If you're anxiously attached, your template says, people are going to abandon me unless I cling, cling, cling close to them. Avoidantly attached people fundamentally enjoy friendship less because they see it as a liability or responsibility. And then you have securely attached people who have learned in their early relationships that other people can be trusted.

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