Ep. 36: A Closer Look at Insecure Anxious Attachment
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Jun 15, 2021
Explore the fascinating dynamics of insecure anxious attachment and its wide-reaching implications for children and caregivers. Discover how these attachment styles serve as neurobiological adaptations, revealing their potential for growth despite the challenges they present. Delve into the behavior patterns that contribute to this attachment style, and learn about the critical balance of connection and autonomy. The insights in this discussion aim to provide hope and understanding for navigating relationships influenced by anxious attachment.
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Insecure Attachment: An Adaptation
Insecure attachment is not bad or wrong, but an adaptation for survival.
It's an implicit memory allowing individuals to be in relationships with the least stress.
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Dual Nature of Attachment
Attachment is crucial for both physical and emotional survival, needing caregivers' presence and regulation.
Babies develop organized expectations about their needs being met based on caregiver interactions.
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Anxious Attachment and Autonomy
Babies with anxious attachment struggle with autonomy due to caregiver distress over separation.
This limits exploration and self-regulation development, hindering internalized soothing.
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Another episode in the June 2021 series on attachment!
Today is all about insecure anxious attachment.
Anxious attachment is in the category of 'organized' attachment- meaning, the infant figures out an organized way to get their attachment needs met in the best way possible. So smart!
In this episode, we look at
The behavior patterns that lead to anxious attachment
The attachment needs of connection and autonomy, and which one is harder for babies with anxious attachment
Anxious attachment impact on regulation
The hope versus the expectation of anxious attachment
There’s a lot in this one episode and the whole six-part series! I made the series into a beautiful eBook so you don’t have to take notes and you can review it as often as you want. To download the F R E E ebook, click here: https://robyngobbel.com/ebook
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