Attachment Styles: Avoidant
DEVELOPMENT: Stems from a childhood with emotionally unavailable, inconsistent, or dismissive caregivers.
WHAT IS THE IMPACT:
This can cause struggles creating emotional connection and meeting a partner’s needs.
An attachment style with a strong need for independence and a tendency to suppress or avoid emotional intimacy and vulnerability in relationships.
Charateristics
Values Self-Reliance & Fears Intimacy
Maintains Emotional Distance from Others
Independent to a Fault
Difficulties Trusting Others & Often Suppresses Emotions