"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." You’re meeting your new partner for a romantic dinner after work. You get to the restaurant first, and ...

Since the introduction of the concept of adult attachment style, research on it as a way to understand personality and its expression in relationships has expanded into virtually every area of ...

You know the feeling you get when your crush finally texts you back after days of going dark? The butterflies in your stomach, that roller-coaster-of-emotions-gripping anxiety can make you, well, a ...

It is possible for a person to overcome an anxious attachment style. Options may include therapy, emotional self-regulation, and recognizing anxious attachment signs before they escalate. From ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If relationship anxiety or an argument with a partner has ever brought up childhood trauma—say, ...

An attachment style is not a life sentence, it is simply a model through which to understand your relationship dynamics. And it is subject to change. A 2023 review article published in Social and ...

Those with a dismissive avoidant attachment style may have no desire for close relationships or actively avoid them due to past trauma. If you’ve ever taken a deep dive into the psychology of ...

Fights happen—even between couples who finish each other's sentences on the regular. And when tensions flare, we may resort to saying things we don't mean—it happens. But relationship therapists share ...