The avoidant attachment style has a bad reputation. That’s because narcissistic personality disorder happens to have this attachment style too. Does this mean that everyone with the avoidant style is a narcissist? Certainly not. In fact, of both anxious and avoidant attachment styles, there is a distinction between how the cluster B personality disorders respond …
Avoidant Attachment Style: It’s the Fear of Intimacy Read More »
Online quizzes on “What’s my attachment style?” vary in names. If you’ve scored ambivalent or preoccupied, you have an anxious attachment style. One common misconception with this style is that they are preoccupied with getting into a relationship. When actually, they can come off as one who is confident and independent when they are single. …
Anxious, Ambivalent, and Preoccupied: It’s the Same Attachment Style Read More »
Secure base? What is that? It comes from attachment theory, and it has everything to do with…well, everything. A secure base is key to forming a secure attachment and, the stronger our secure base is, the better equipped we are for taking on life’s challenges: our internal locus of control. Think about it, when we …
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