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Let’s Get Vulnerable: Relationship and Dating Advice

EP 487: Situationships and Your Attachment Style

Let’s Get Vulnerable: Relationship and Dating Advice

Dr. Morgan Anderson

Relationships, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

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WHY is it that situationships are so hard to get over? 


Sometimes they feel even more challenging to get over than long-term serious relationships… 


Inside of this episode we explore what’s really going on when a situationship ends. 


Inside this episode: 


  • Understanding WHY situationships can have such a profound emotional impact.
  • Understanding Repetition compulsion: How grieving a situationship is often about past unresolved relational trauma
  • The decision to heal and the necessary steps to attracting emotionally available love 



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Episode Timestamps: 


00:00 Introduction to Attachment Styles

02:50 Understanding Situationships and Their Impact

05:45 The Emotional Toll of Undefined Relationships

09:03 Attachment Styles and Breakup Dynamics

11:47 Repetition Compulsion in Relationships

15:03 Grieving the Loss of a Situationship

15:20 Understanding Relationship Trauma

25:48  Healing Through Self-Compassion

30:28 Choosing Healing and Moving Forward


Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Let's Get Vulnerable podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Morgan Anderson, psychologist, relationship coach, attachment theory expert, creator of the ESL relationship method, author of Love Magnet and Athletic Wear Connoisseur. My mission is to help you raise yourself worth, have great relationships, and step confidently into the next level of your life.

0:22.3

Each week, two episodes will air featuring expert advice, live coaching, and tips, showing you

0:28.4

exactly how to improve your life and attract a healthy relationship. You deserve to feel empowered,

0:34.8

secure, and love. Buckle up and let's get vulnerable.

0:43.3

Welcome to the Let's Get Vulnerable podcast.

0:46.1

It's your host, Dr. Morgan.

0:48.1

I'm so excited to be here with you.

0:50.8

I just got back from Miami and oh my goodness, I had the most amazing time. I was with

0:57.5

Jamie C. speaking at the rising wealth event. And wow, I spoke about my story and attachment styles.

1:08.9

And I actually applied attachment theory to your relationship with your

1:14.3

business because the reality is is that attachment styles show up everywhere. They're in

1:19.8

every relationship. So if you are not securely attached in your romantic relationships,

1:26.7

it's likely you're also experiencing that in

1:30.0

friendships or your relationship with money or your relationship with your career.

1:36.2

Of course, in family relationships, your attachment style is showing up everywhere.

1:42.5

So I loved this event. There was so many amazing people.

1:46.2

And it always amazes me the number of people who come up to me and they go, wow, I did not know

1:54.3

about attachment styles. And now that I do, it has completely changed my life. So I love getting to educate and help people really

2:03.6

understand themselves and know what their attachment style is. Obviously, if you're new to the show

2:09.2

and you haven't taken my attachment style quiz, you're going to want to do that. Go to the link in the

2:15.6

show notes. There's a free quiz. It'll tell you the

2:18.5

percentage that you are of each style. So what percentage, anxious avoidant, secure you are.

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