13 Top Tips to Manage Your Anxious Attachment Style in A New Relationship
Having an anxious attachment style is not easy. It can be really, really hard.
I used to suffer from severe anxiety when it comes to romantic relationships.
The early stage of dating was practically hell for me.
I was constantly worried about being ignored, plans getting cancelled; undefined situations with sporadic communication pained me.
It was a very distinct type of anxiety which later I learned was part of my anxious attachment style.
What is an attachment style?
Attachment styles were originally theorised by John Bowlby, a British psychologist, to assess an infant’s behaviours when separated from the attachment figure, the mother.
Based on the infant-mother interactions, this theory characterised an infant into four groups: secure, anxious, avoidant, and disorganised. In this article, I will focus primarily on the secure and anxious attachment style.
What do these attachment styles mean for adults?
In the context of romantic relationships, an adult with a secure attachment style is comfortable expressing their…
