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Attachment Theory

How early relationships shape the way you connect, trust, and respond to closeness and distance in adult relationships. Your attachment style influences how you handle intimacy, conflict, and emotional needs.

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Name Type Stories
Attachment Style — Your default mode for how you approach closeness. Secure means you trust connection. Anxious means you chase it. Avoidant means you push it away. Disorganized means you want it and fear it at the same time. selector 10
Emotional Availability — How present and reachable you are for the people closest to you. Can they find you when they need you? Can you show up without shutting down or getting overwhelmed? slider 11
Protest Behavior — What you do when you feel disconnected from someone important. Silent treatment, picking fights, testing them, withdrawing affection. These are bids for connection disguised as conflict. gauge 13
Proximity Seeking — How strongly you reach for connection when stressed. Some people pull closer, some pull away, some freeze. This is your automatic response when you feel threatened in a relationship. slider 15
Rupture & Repair — How you handle breaks in connection. Every relationship has ruptures. What matters is whether you can repair them. This is the skill of coming back after conflict without pretending it did not happen. gauge 12
Secure Base — Whether you have a relationship or inner foundation that feels safe enough to explore from. A secure base lets you take risks knowing you have somewhere to return to. switch 56