Fearful Avoidant Attachment and the Nervous System
Fearful avoidant attachment means wanting connection and fearing it simultaneously. Here’s what’s happening in the nervous system and why it’s so hard to resolve.
Fearful avoidant attachment means wanting connection and fearing it simultaneously. Here’s what’s happening in the nervous system and why it’s so hard to resolve.
The label is the least interesting part. Here’s what’s happening in your body. Most people encounter attachment theory through a quiz. You answer a dozen questions about how you behave in relationships, get assigned a label, anxious, avoidant, secure, and walk away thinking you’ve learned something useful. Sometimes you have. But the label is the…