On Attachment #136: 20 Traits of the Anxious Attachment Style (Part 2)
Mar 23, 2024
Delve into the nuanced traits of the Anxious Attachment Style, exploring challenges in breakups and relationships. Focus on struggles with trust, boundaries, and self-worth. Discover the underlying drivers of anxious attachment patterns, jealousy, and insecurity.
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Breakup and Ending Sensitivity
- Breakups cause deep distress for anxiously attached people due to the loss of a key safety source.
- This difficulty extends to other separations like leaving jobs, showing strong emotionality around endings.
Consuming Relationship Problems
- Anxiously attached people are consumed by relationship problems, having trouble compartmentalizing.
- During strain, negative focus clouds their view, ignoring positives in the relationship.
Avoidant Partner's Emotional Compartmentalization
- Stephanie described dating an avoidant partner who could switch off after fights by focusing elsewhere.
- She felt overwhelmed as she could not compartmentalize emotions like him.