A study from Germany has found that women with anxious attachment styles face a slightly elevated risk of depressive symptom spillover from their partners. In other words, when their partners ...

People of any age with avoidant attachment styles may show symptoms of depression and anxiety. Children of avoidant parents or caretakers may not outwardly express the need for affection or care.

Fear of abandonment can come from an anxious attachment style or early childhood trauma. It is also a feature of some mental health conditions, such as borderline personality disorder (BPD).

Researchers have found a strong correlation between OCD symptoms and insecure attachment styles. For psychologists, ... Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 70(March), 102187–102187.

“It’s not his fault,” she begged me to understand, “He just has an avoidant attachment style, and I have an anxious attachment style, so it was always going to be this way.” ...

Another attachment style, however, is known as anxious ambivalent attachment. A child with this style of attachment has an inconsistent primary caregiver who vacillates between warmth and distance ...

Anaclitic depression was more likely to show up in people who developed a preoccupied attachment (also called anxious attachment) style as adults. It seems that, like all attachment styles ...

One person may experience the symptoms of an anxious attachment style much more intensely than another person, or they may see a completely different impact on their own relationship.