Anxious Preoccupied Attachment Style Report

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Your Attachment Style Report

Your Dominant Attachment Style Is: Anxious Preoccupied Attachment Style

This is one of three insecure attachment styles characterized by the following


qualities:

• Fear of abandonment
• Dislike being alone or out of relationships for prolonged periods of time
• Fear of loss or disconnection in relationship
• Can appear clingy or needy
• Emotional hunger to get consistently closer in a relationship
• Often want to move very quickly to a commitment in a relationship
• Very sensitive to rejection
• Develop strong feelings quite easily

Click the video link below to learn more about your attachment style in depth:
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Our attachment style is essentially the subconscious set of rules we use to relate to
others. It is based on the early patterns we were exposed to and the beliefs we
formed about what love is, how it works and what our role is in interpersonal
relationships. Our attachment style is one of the single greatest predictors as to
whether our romantic relationships will work or not. It also plays a massive role in our
friendships, family relationship and even professional relationships!

Feel free to investigate the qualities below of some of the other attachment styles.
You are likely to have certain qualities or traits from at least one of the three insecure
attachment styles below. Through further investigation, you may also find that you
have friends, family or romantic partners who fit some of these attachment patterns.

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Dismissive Avoidant Attachment Style

This is another of three insecure attachment styles characterized by the following


qualities:

• Difficulty believing emotional needs can be met by others


• Quick to repress or diminish their own emotions
• Protective of own space and time alone
• Fear of commitment
• Dislike being vulnerable
• Blunt or harsh with actions at times
• Easily wounded by criticism
• Withdraw to self-soothe when hurt, often slow to warm back up

Click the video link below to learn more about your attachment style in depth:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Bnpy2GCUQ&t=2s

Fearful Avoidant Attachment Style

This is one of three insecure attachment styles characterized by the following


qualities:

• Fear of being truly vulnerable and expressing your inner feelings and needs
• Trust wounds, suspicion and feelings of betrayal
• Experiencing guilt easily
• Strong emotions, aggression or anger at times
• Great capacity for empathy for others, but often struggle with empathy and
kindness towards yourself.
• Feelings of ambivalence in relationships, often swinging from hot to cold
• Hypervigilance
• Poor boundaries unless experiencing anger
• Passionate but often emotionally volatile relationships

Click the free video link below to learn more about your attachment style in depth:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJJJpvJ2TAc&t=9s

Our subconscious mind can be reprogrammed. Even if we are an insecure


attachment style, our style can change over time through rewiring our beliefs and
perceptions about relationships, as well as learning healthy communication and
trust.

© The Personal Development School 2020


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Secure Attachment Style

This is the only secure attachment style, as the other three attachment styles are
insecurely attached. The characteristics of this attachment style are:

• A natural tendency towards feeling safe to express your feelings and needs
• Openness towards communication and belief that conflicts are solvable
problems
• Strong ability to regulate your emotions
• Empathy towards others
• Natural balanced with boundary setting
• Feel safe to express your truth
• Strong sense of self-identity

© The Personal Development School 2020

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