avoidant attachment
Closeness-resistant relating style
Avoidant attachment is a psychological pattern in which a person maintains emotional distance from others, particularly in intimate relationships.
Those with avoidant attachment tend to value independence highly, suppress emotional needs, and withdraw when partners seek closeness.
The pattern typically develops in childhood when caregivers are emotionally unavailable or dismissive: His avoidant attachment made it hard for him to open up, even with people he loved.
- dismissiveShowing contemptuous disregard
- distantFar away or aloof
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
- keeping distanceRemaining spatially separated
- fearfulFull of fright
intimacy · walls · walls up · push-pull · pulling away · cold · detached · emotional unavailability · independence · self-reliant · guarded · unavailable · shutdown · running away · abandonment · rejection · closeness · trust
avoidant attachmentsecure attachment
Reliable caregiver-child emotional bond
secure base · anxious attachment · emotional availability · interdependence
avoidant attachmentanxious attachment
Insecure relational style seeking constant validation
fear of abandonment · relationship anxiety · separation anxiety
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