Anxious Attachment
An attachment style marked by fear of abandonment and need for closeness.
Definition
Anxious attachment is one of the four adult attachment styles. Anxiously-attached people tend to seek closeness, fear being abandoned, and read ambiguous signals as rejection. The pattern often comes from inconsistent early caregiving. In dating, it shows up as overthinking response times, needing reassurance, and pursuing distance-takers more strongly.
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