We might not still need the tangible security that comes from the parent-child relationship, but supportive everyday actions and just a few kind words from our significant other, can go a long way to help us thrive. However, our genes and parents aren't solely accountable when it comes to our desire for, and behavior in relationships. The opposite is also true: secure child-parent bonds predicated greater life success, with children being more likely to form meaningful relationships as adults. Even with basic needs such as food and shelter being met, a child raised without a parent or attachment figure has a much higher risk of physical, emotional, intellectual, and relational difficulties. However, the tide turned in the 1960s, when psychologists and founders of attachment theory, Mary Ainsworth and John Bowlby, published research demonstrating the importance of the "parent-child bond." Seminal studies looked at children raised in orphanages and institutions, which showed that children aren't just reliant on parents for food and shelter, but also for emotional support. If parents wanted their children to grow up fearless and self-reliant, the idea was for affection to be offered sparingly.
Western mid-20th-century parenting books advocated against parents coddling and smothering their children. Genetically we're programmed to be in relationships, but how we relate to our romantic partners is where attachment theory comes in.
Therefore, finding a dependable mate allowed them to raise offspring and continue the human lineage. Our desire for attachment stretches back in time to when our ancestors had to rely on each other to survive hardships and the threat of predators. And, at the end of the day, our genes and life experiences govern our desire to form relational bonds with others. It's the age-old "nature and nurture" answer. Where Does Our Need For Relationships Come From? So if you need to understand why some relationships don't work out, or want to bring more happiness and fulfillment into your current relationships, then this is a very worthwhile read.īriefly, we'll unpack the science of adult attachment, and the tips and tricks we can use to better navigate our relationships, by deciphering our attachment style, and that of our partners. Attached gives us the scientific foundation of romantic relationships, how our evolutionary past defines our present experiences regarding romantic relationships, and how we seek out certain relationships based on our attachment style. Heller graduated from Columbia University with a master's degree in social-organizational psychology. Levine is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist. Heller collaborated to write a book, to help us make better choices regarding love. Close friends and authors Amir Levine and Rachel S. It is so important to realise and understand these patterns.ĭon't confuse feeling anxious about someone with "love" !ĭon't let emotional unavailability turn you on!ĭon't get hooked on the hight& lows, on inconsistency of someone's affection.Can we use science to improve our relationships?Īttached gives us the scientific story behind adulthood attachment, and how this understanding can help us find and keep love.Īttachment is just a fancy word for love.
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If I had known earlier how to spot out and not attract these men that are unsuitable for me, I would probably not have wasted years with the wrong people and I'd be in a happy and stable relationship by now. Eventually it turns out that it wasn't love but rather some unhealthy dynamics, a lot of confusion and pain through mixed messages by the other part, that caused me to constantly doubt and dwell on someone excessively, even after breaking up myself because I was so emotionally drained already. Reading it made me finally understand why my past relationships with those people I "loved" very much were always so destructive. If I ever had a daughter, this book would be the first thing I'd give her "on the way" when she's a young adult. I realised that this partner was completely unsuitable for me, I even got almost grossed-out and appalled by his confusing behaviour, finally understanding that every single characteristic of it is a symptom of avoidant attachment style.
I'm just out of another painful breakup but reading this book was really soothing and healing me from the recent experience, also from past disappointments and hopefully it will protect me from future ones. If I had to name one single thing that was most helpful in emotional hardship, it would be this book! I'm 33 and this is the first review I'm giving as it it beyond words how much I appreciate this book has been written.
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