
Ep.57: DEALING WITH THE HIGH-CONFLICT PERSONALITY: DR.LINDSAY GIBSON ON THE EMOTIONALLY IMMATURE
Bounce! Conversations with Larry Weeks
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Is There a Way Not to Communicate?
A bond is different from a relationship. Just because you have an emotional bond with somebody does not mean that you have what you would call a relationship with them. John Bolby, who was one of the original attachment researchers, said that bonding was caused by familiarity and proximity. That's who children bond to. We are triggered into bonding under those conditions, just normally. Now to have a relationship though, a relationship means that you communicate with the other person. You see the other person as a separate individual from yourself; it's very different.
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