yes, the end goal is secure attachment, not mitigation of anxiety
2026-03-10 01:55:32
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madisonicola :
my therapist said one sentence that truly changed my viewpoint as an ex anxious attachment. “The truth is you’re not hard to love or hard to be with, you are impossible to reassure”
2026-03-10 15:27:49
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xcinnamong1rl :
attachment styles are triggered. someone refusing to communicate with you after conflict and it activating your anxious wound is actually both your faults not just the anxious. secure people wouldn’t put up with the people that anxious people do. anxious people more commonly seek out other insecure attachment styles that trigger them because they also have insecure attachment so you can’t just blame anxious people 🤣 why do you think avoidant people are so drawn to anxious people? is it not avoidants fault for dating them too? lol
2026-08-05 20:35:51
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loshaymarie :
its a self fulfilling prophecy. how you act is going to get you exactly what you fear most
2026-03-10 13:31:49
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👢 :
plus on the receiving end, it's rlly disheartening to know that the other person physically cannot trust you enough to believe your reassurance 😭 it begins feeling like a waste of time at some point
2026-03-10 17:17:23
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literally not jacob :
Well they don’t communicate, that’s why I’m anxious.
2026-03-11 10:01:46
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outta_my_skin :
Thank you for saying this because people go so hard at avoidants and people don’t really talk about the many issues that appear in anxious attachment
2026-03-10 04:03:39
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swag :
texting and social media have made it so much worse too. damn near surveillance state
2026-03-11 17:01:24
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Jack :
“B- but avoidant is worse” neither is worse. Both are extremely specific to the person. An avoidant can be worse than an anxious and a different anxious person can be worse than a different avoidant. I hate TikTok.
2026-03-10 18:38:59
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unchartedastrologyllc :
After I left my marriage and dated more, I saw anxious attachment on other people and I was like oh damn this is what this looks like I better fix my shit 😭
2026-03-10 01:56:31
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The Stinkiest :
I used to be extremely anxiously attached and the guys I dated were always reassuring “Noo I’m not mad at you” “you’re not annoying me” etc… it wasn’t until I dated a guy that was actually honest that it fixed it. It sucks to hear “yes I’m mad and you’re bothering me” but then you learn that someone can be mad, calm down, and then you work it out and still love each other. Genuinely so healing.
2026-03-13 02:44:16
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paxton 🐮🧸 :
i was securely attached until i dated an avoidant and experienced anxious activation. it was MISERABLE and i was so hyper aware of how annoying i was lmao
2026-03-10 10:57:35
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pygmalions_selfportrait :
and people aren’t necessarily avoidant because they’re off by anxious attachment. that might just be normal
2026-03-10 12:12:00
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will(ow) :
both sides are annoying🙏 neither is worse than the other
2026-03-11 00:29:58
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camille :
And also secure doesn’t mean putting up with someone who is “avoidant” it means being so secure with yourself you’re okay with moving forward if your needs aren’t met.
2026-03-10 20:08:47
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Wompwompbitch :
This was definitely a sign that I need to change
2026-03-11 13:46:09
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nells :
And it doesnt have to only apply to romantic partners, cuz being friends with someone who needs constant reassurance can be sooooo difficult. Like if you aren’t in a good mood all the time or don’t constantly reassure them it makes them think u hate them.
2026-03-10 22:27:46
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big daddy fat sack🦑🐇 :
I am avoident and my ex boyfriend was super anxious attached.... it was really hard for me
2026-03-10 01:22:22
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poopstew :
I realized pretty early on that I was being a problem and I learned to be nonchalant and laid back on the outside but on the inside I still spiral and crash out in the privacy of my own home so I'm actually not ruining my relationships I'm just ruining my own mental health 🙃
2026-03-10 09:18:12
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Brie Like The Cheese :
i hard pivoted to avoidant 😭😭😭😭
2026-03-11 01:57:48
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Evangeline :
I had a close friend who was super anxiously attached and I got to a point where I couldn’t stand being around her anymore. It was like she was always touching my face, metaphorically.
2026-03-10 12:32:17
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Kristen :
I wasn’t anxious until I fell for an avoidant.
2026-03-29 04:24:23
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tacticat_ :
Anxious attachment tends to turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy. My ex was anxiously attached and every day he’d tell me that I didn’t love him anymore and I didn’t want to be with him anymore. And eventually, I was just like “you know what? you’re right”
2026-03-11 13:19:34
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