Avoidant attachment style healing

The avoidant attachment style grows in children as a response to a caregiver (often the mother) who is emotionally unavailable and non-attuned to the needs of the child. Over time they suppress the…

People with a dismissive avoidant attachment style typically exhibit a tendency to emotionally distance themselves from others, particularly in close relationships. These individuals often deny the importance of closeness and intimacy, maintain high self-reliance, and disregard or suppress emotional connections due to their defensive dismissal of attachment needs.

We explore the ups and downs of all kinds of relationships. Some of these common challenges may include infidelity, loss of intimacy, communication difficulties, coping with stressful challenges, financial pressures, crossing boundaries, difficulty balancing individual and partner expectations,

Disorganized attachment is a rare but difficult form of insecure attachment that can make forming healthy, happy romantic relationships feel impossible.

Learn the signs of an avoidant attachment style, how it effects adult relationships, how to develop a more secure attachment style.

People with avoidant attachment ARE able to love and be in fulfilling relationships. They subconsciously use avoidance as a way to protect themselves. It is an adaptation that has developed from ch…

Attachment behaviours are the response of children to their primary caregiver (often the mother). With the amount of rapid brain growth occurring throughout childhood the brain is literally being w…

Breakups are an emotional whirlwind for even the most emotionally healthy of us. For those with an avoidant attachment style, however, the aftermath of a breakup can be an even more complex and challenging experience.

If you’ve ever dated an emotionally unavailable partner, you might have been dealing with an avoidant attachment style without even knowing it. In the following article, we'll review what avoidant attachment is, how to recognize it (in yourself and in the people you date), and how to repair it.