#7: The Anxious-Avoidant Trap
On Attachment
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The Conflict Between Anxiety and Avoidance
An anxious person really wants to get close to the avoidant person. And often those attempts at getting close trigger the avoidantperson to pull away. Anxious person knows to create safety is by recreating, reestablishing connection when that connection feels threatened in some way. So it can really spiral into this thing of one person chasing or pursuing in the other withdrawing and pulling away.
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