Avoidant attachment styles

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…

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.

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

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…

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.

Are you going through a breakup from a partner with a dismissive-avoidant attachment style? Someone with a dismissive-avoidant attachment style generally