Anxious Couples - How to Relieve Anxiety

Anxious individuals have what's called activating strategies. They become more and more angry or distraught whenever they experience any abandonment by the primary attachment figure. And it becomes a very dramatic experience to try to help when someone's fully in that hyper-vigilant state where they're fully expecting to be abandoned. It's a way to keep people at a distance. One of the constant responses to stress for the dismissive or avoidant will be to seek out a solitary distracting activity. Big ones are video games or running or any kind of solitary dopamine secreting activity Where somebody can spend hours avoiding the stressful situation in their life.