If you’ve been in a relationship before, you’ve likely noticed that everyone operates differently within them. Some people are self-confident and have no problem expressing their feelings with their ...

Anxious and avoidant attachment styles can attract each other. Source: Wonderlane / Unsplash Attachment theory suggests that how we form emotional bonds in early childhood influences our attachment ...

Attachment styles aren't set in stone: You can change yours to be more secure, like I did. In my early 20s, I prided myself on never being that girl crying over some guy. While I'd console teary-eyed ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." True or false? There’s rarely a time where secure is the suboptimal option. Think about it: You want ...

Do you have a friend who gets unusually emotional when you don’t text back quickly enough? Perhaps you’re the friend who’s ready to end a friendship when someone is ‘moving funny’ without stopping to ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If relationship anxiety or an argument with a partner has ever brought up childhood trauma—say, ...

Avoidant, or insecure-avoidant Avoidant attachment develops in children who do not experience sensitive responses from a parent or caregiver to their needs or distress. Children with avoidant ...

True or false? There’s rarely a time where secure is the suboptimal option. Think about it: You want the mattress lassoed to the roof of your car to be secure before you vroom, vroom on home. You want ...

We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we love. Promise. Attachment styles are having a moment. The internet runneth over with attachment style–themed TikToks, ...

What we learn as children often seeps into how we behave as adults. One way this manifests is through the different adult attachment styles—which include secure, anxious, and avoidant styles—a ...