5 ‘Attachment Lessons’ Of Love All Adults Must Know, By A Psychologist

Here are five clear lessons about closeness, distance, fear, repair and growth, the five crucial building blocks of ...
Psychology Today

Avoidant Personality or Social Phobia?

Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) and Avoidant Personality Disorder (AvPD) share characteristics, most obvious being the avoidance of social situations. At first glance, this may create difficulties in ...
Psychology Today

Is There a Magic Number When it Comes to Close Relationships?

It’s not that unusual to want people to be able to satisfy your needs for closeness. New research on attachment style and ...
Los Angeles Times

Are you an anxious or avoidant dater? Here’s how to break those habits and level up

In a TikTok that has been viewed nearly 1 million times, a woman explains that her husband’s approach to calming down after an argument is “by being in my skin, attached to me like a bug on a rug.” As ...
WRAL

The four attachment styles and how they affect your relationships

(CNN) — Do you identify as anxious, avoidant, disorganized or secure? For those who aren’t up on pop psychology vernacular, these terms refer to the four attachment styles. Attachment styles describe ...
Yahoo

What's Your Friendship Attachment Style? A Guide to What It Means and How It Impacts Your Relationships

Secure Attachment: You feel comfortable getting close to people and don’t have a lot of stress about it. Anxious Attachment: You feel a lot of anxiety around getting close to people. Avoidant ...
Women's Health

3 steps to change your attachment style – you don't need to be anxious or avoidant forever

You know when you’re dating someone new, and things are going well? You’re texting back and forth, sharing little moments from your day, and then suddenly… silence. You know it’s because they’re busy, ...