Dismissive avoidant attachment often gets a bad rap and, sometimes, that can be justified based on “bad” behavior in relationships. That said, dismissive avoidant people are also widely misunderstood.

Your romantic life couldn't be better. You and your partner can't stop texting, going on dates, gushing about each other so much that your friends want to muzzle you. Then, it happens. They abruptly ...

Most material in the blogosphere on attachment focuses on how to deal with the avoidant person in relationships. But it isn’t typically the avoidant person who is feeling lonely, anxious, and angry.

People with avoidant attachment styles may seem distant or detached, but they still need closeness and connection. Open, compassionate communication—such as regular “friendship temperature ...

Attachment theory may have originated in 1958 by British psychiatrist John Bowlby, but it’s become a popular conversation topic online (with over 348.3 million TikTok views on the topic). If you’re ...

Everyone copes with discomfort, trauma, and complex emotions in their own unique way, but for avoidant people, who prefer to run from and suppress these things, they often end up in more internal ...