The absence of pain is not the presence of safety. And being in an ‘almost secure’ relationship is not the same thing as ...

Difficult conversations are a human inevitability. Here’s how emotionally secure people turn them to their advantage.

If you've heard about attachment styles before, you'll know they can be a big factor in relationships. Basically, your attachment style influences how you relate to your partner, which then affects ...

Secure attachment is a foundation of healthy and fulfilling relationships. It refers to a deep sense of trust, emotional connection, and safety between individuals. Developing a secure attachment ...

Ever spiral over a “K” text? Me ...

Attachment styles are rooted in our families of origin: The ways our primary caregivers related to us in childhood have a direct correlation with how we relate to people when we enter adulthood. Being ...

Our attachment style is shaped and developed in early childhood by our relationships with our parents. According to the attachment theory, first developed by psychologist Mary Ainsworth and ...

I’ll be honest about my naivety—for a long time, I thought relationship security meant everything feeling easy all the time.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If relationship anxiety or an argument with a partner has ever brought up childhood trauma—say, ...

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in ...