The Sabrina Zohar Show 149: What Is Anxious Attachment and How It Shows Up in Dating and Relationships?
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Jul 11, 2025 Explore the world of anxious attachment in relationships and discover how it stems from deep-rooted insecurities. Learn why silence can trigger anxiety and the protest behaviors that keep you stuck in cycles. Through personal stories, gain insights into childhood influences on emotional responses. Practical tools for reparenting your inner child and fostering secure connections are shared to help you navigate your emotions. Embrace self-awareness and compassion to break free from the challenges of anxious attachment.
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Anxious Attachment Neuroscience
- Anxious attachment is a nervous system adaptation to inconsistent emotional safety in childhood.
- The brain becomes hyper attuned to threats of disconnection, interpreting minor cues as danger.
Client's Fear and Clarity Cycle
- A client vacillated between fearing rejection and recognizing red flags in her partner.
- Her nervous system kept toggling between fear center activation and regulated thought.
Limbic Looping Drives Anxiety
- Anxious attachment keeps the nervous system lit longer after a trigger.
- This causes limbic looping, a cycle of fear and seeking closeness that biologically drives neediness.