Humans learn to attach, or connect, to one another through their relationships with their parents. Babies who have their needs met are more likely to develop secure, emotionally strong personalities.

Intimacy is the arena in which all of our deep seated emotional tendencies seem to play out — and that is true even if we seem to struggle with reaching intimacy in the first place. But having ...

Your attachment style can play a big part in how you make and maintain relationships: even if you don't know what yours is yet. There are three main attachment styles: avoidant attachment, anxious ...

Attachment is how we create close bonds with each other. But some people have unhealthy attachment styles, usually because of a past trauma in childhood or a previous relationship. These people may be ...

Avoidant personality disorder is the avoidance of social situations and interpersonal relationships due to a fear of rejection or criticism. Avoidant personality disorder is a long-term and often ...

Shitty dating behaviors are neither created nor destroyed, they just change shape. Which is to say that an age-old shady breakup maneuver you may know and hate as the classic slow fade has recently ...

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In the context of multiple problems with the DSM-I and DSM-II, including lack of clear definitions and poor inter-rater reliability, the DSM-III instituted observable, descriptive, and atheoretical ...