When a child grows up in a household where one family member is not that present, they can then form a real anxious attachment to the parent who was present. "I didn't feel like really, even though she made me feel safe, I somehow didn't feel very safe in the world," he says of his mother. Some people with avoid attachment styles are taught to value independence at such a high level it's seen as a character flaw.

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