Attachment and OCD: How Relational Fear Fuels Obsession
He loved his partner. He was sure of that in the moments between the thoughts. But the thoughts kept coming: what if he didn’t love...
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He loved his partner. He was sure of that in the moments between the thoughts. But the thoughts kept coming: what if he didn’t love...
Read Article →For many people, the relationship with God, or with the sacred, or with whatever they consider to be a higher power, is one of the...
Read Article →You learned early that the relationship came first. Not you, the relationship. Your emotional reality was regularly dismissed, minimized, or reframed to protect your parent’s...
Read Article →Two people lose the same person. One finds grief devastating but survivable, something that moves through in waves, that eventually eases and allows a return...
Read Article →It’s one of the lonelier realizations a person can have: looking back over the years and noticing that friendships that felt important have quietly disappeared,...
Read Article →Understanding your attachment style is one thing. Understanding how it got there is another , and often the more useful piece. When people see the...
Read Article →When people first encounter attachment theory, one of the most common reactions is a kind of painful recognition , an “oh, that’s what that is”...
Read Article →Two people are handed identical financial situations: same income, same expenses, same starting point. One sleeps fine. The other lies awake tracking every dollar, overwhelmed...
Read Article →You probably don’t think about your childhood when you’re preparing for a performance review. But the person sitting across from your manager, monitoring every microexpression...
Read Article →Notice what happens in your body when you reach for your phone and it’s not where you expected it to be. A small spike of...
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