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model, mentally review the various people in your life, past and present. The secure presence can be someone close like a parent ...
something they shouldn’t or make a mess, we still greet them warmly when we come home (even after a rough day at the office), an ...
memory. In other words, our current experiences shape our view of our past ones. By creating your own attachment inventory, you ...
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Common Anxious Thoughts, Emotions, and Reactions Thoughts Mind reading: That’s it, I know s/he’s leaving me. I’ll never find an ...
S/he’d better come crawling back to beg my forgiveness, otherwise s/he can forget about me forever. Maybe if I look drop-dead g ...
Actions Act out. Attempt to reestablish contact at any cost. Pick a fight. Wait for them to make the first reconciliation move. ...
Emotions Withdrawn Frustrated Angry Pressured Unappreciated Misunderstood Resentful Hostile Aloof Empty Deceived Tense Hate-fil ...
Anxious Protest behavior Activating strategies—any thought, feeling, or behavior that will result in an increased desire to rec ...
View yourself as responsible for your partner’s well-being. Wear your heart on your sleeve—be courageous and honest in your int ...
• __ What are the main attachment principles at play in your relationships? Go back to your inventory and ask yourself ...
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Henry, who has an avoidant attachment style, was busy at work with patients, and would get frustrated by Georgia’s incoming call ...
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Once both Georgia and Henry analyzed their working models, they started viewing their situation differently. Henry realized that ...
take a moment of his time but would reduce Georgia’s worry greatly. This solution worked wonders for their relationship. For Geo ...
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And this is what Grace’s entry looked like: ...
After doing his inventory, Sam realized that years of living alone and believing in his own self-sufficiency were now being chal ...
no longer felt suffocated and was less bothered by the changes she made. After six months, during which time Grace barely ever a ...
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