Attachment

Anxious Attachment

An attachment style marked by hyper-vigilance to a partner's availability.

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People with an anxious attachment style tend to crave closeness, fear abandonment, and read ambiguity as rejection. The style is often paired with avoidant partners in a recurring pursue-withdraw dynamic.

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