You’ve probably heard the term 'anxious attachment style' circling the internet lately—but what does it actually mean outside the context of social media jargon? Technically, anxious attachment is a ...

An attachment wound is our bodies remembering what experiences felt safe or not,” explains Jessica Baum, a licensed therapist and the author of Anxiously Attached and Safe. “If we haven’t processed a ...

Understanding how they form and still affect you to this day is key to breaking negative relationship patterns.

Co-authored by Azin Dastpak and Robert T. Muller, Ph.D. You may know someone with any or all of the following behaviours: meticulously organizes things in their environment, repeatedly checks to see ...

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 how ...

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 ...

We are hardwired to need people, and there is nothing wrong with that. For example, you might lean on or need your partner or spouse more during challenging times in your life. Sometimes, our ...

In relationships, we often see that people with two particular insecure attachment styles collide the most: anxious and avoidant. All attachment styles play an important role in shaping our romantic ...

Science finds that one key to satisfaction in a relationship is feeling understood and supported. But in these uncertain times, when many of us are facing a lot of individual stress and anxiety, being ...

The researchers found that when parents struggle to express their emotions, stress builds up and coping becomes harder.

We have all borne witness to the tragedy: Your smart, funny, perfect friend is caught in the riptide of a torrid “situationship.” The very bravest of us talk to our friend. We will ask them where they ...