emotional attachment
Deep personal bond
Emotional attachment is a bond of affection or dependence toward a person, place, or thing.
The term often implies the attachment may be excessive or potentially harmful: Her emotional attachment to the house made selling it difficult.
Psychologists use the term more neutrally when discussing how children bond with caregivers.
- bondingForming close connections
- affectionWarm emotional attachment
- sentimentalityExcessive tender emotion
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- childhood homeEarly-life dwelling place
separation anxiety · holding on · dependency · love · transitional object · vulnerability · inner child · intimacy · deep connection · friendship · mementos · longing · imprinting · keepsakes · secure base · safe haven · security · heartstrings
- addictionaddiction, drug addiction, substance abuse, drug dependence, substance dependency
- hoardinghoarding, clutter, accumulating, collecting, stockpiling
emotional attachmentindifference
Lack of interest
emotional detachment · apathy · detachment · unconcern · disinterest
emotional attachmentdetachment
Separation or emotional uninvolvement
nonattachment · disengagement · disconnection · dissociation · objectivity
emotional attachmentemotional distance
Lack of closeness
alienation · estrangement · disconnection · aversion · antipathy