About Attachment

Attachment theory says that all humans have a biological imperative to establish and maintain a connection and emotional bonds with other human beings.

Secure emotional bonds developed in childhood lead to the development of resiliency within the personality structure, which is associated with a healthy adaptation to the external environment and promotes positive bonding with significant others.

Secure attachment

-Promotes independence

-Confidence

-Lack of anxiety

-Emotional regulation

-Positive self-esteem

-Promotes executive functioning; focus, concentration, empathy, organizational skills

Insecure attachment

-Invalidating environment

-Emotional insensitivity

-Anxiety

-Emotional dysregulation

-Can result in anxiety, depression, behavioral problems, ADD, school failure.

Codependency & Loneliness

Codependency & Loneliness: Why Codependents Stay with Narcissists. Lonely Hurts!

Published on April 4, 2015

April 4, 2015. Ross Rosenberg, M.Ed., LCPC, CADC, CSAT, discusses how and why codependency and loneliness are connected. He also explains why trauma resolution is indelibly linked to long-term codependency recovery. Moreover, he discusses how loneliness is the primary affective state that keeps a codependents from finding healthy romantic relationship or keeps them stuck in them. The content of this video will be included in his upcoming book: The Codependency Cure: Breaking Free from the Narcissist

https://youtu.be/whjDeFZDEUk