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How to Improve Any Relationship: The 4 Attachment Styles You Need to Know & Tools to Become More Secure

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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How Does Each Attachment Style Deal With Anger?

John Bowlby, father of attachment theory, talks about two types of anger. He says I use my anger as a signal that I need to heal something in this relationship. The avoidantly attached person feels like if I express the need, you will reject me and maybe even shape me. So they do not express the need and then they kind of withdraw or pull away.

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