Intimacy, jealousy, commitment, and sexual fulfillment.

Believe it or not, all of these important pieces of close relationships are affected by your attachment style.

Welcome back to savvy psychologist. I'm your host Dr. Jade Wu and every week I'll help you meet life's challenges with

evidence-based research, a sympathetic ear, and zero judgment.

So today's episode is part two of a three-part series on how attachment styles affect your intimate relationships.

For part one of the series, we looked at what the four major attachment styles are.

So if you haven't heard that one yet, I suggest you do that first so you know what all the major

types are and you can better understand today's episode. All right, here we go.

We're going to talk about four ways today

that your attachment style affects your relationships today.

Let's say you've been dating someone for say three months and things have been going well.

You have a great connection, you share a sense of humor, you like each other's friends,

and you haven't seen any red flags. You haven't been

going on dates with anyone else for a couple of months now and one evening

this person's hang out at your place and brings up the idea of becoming

exclusive and officially becoming a couple. What's your reaction?

Maybe it's number one.

Sure, let's give it a shot.

I really like you, so let's see where this goes.

Or maybe it's number two.

Whoa, whoa, slow down.

I don't think commitment is my thing. Maybe we should take a step back.

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