EP 66: The Top 3 Avoidant Attachment Distancing Strategies Explained
Let’s Get Vulnerable: Relationship and Dating Advice
Dr. Morgan Anderson
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Ever experience any of these avoidant strategies??
“I’m just not quite over my ex...She was really amazing, you know?”
“I mean you’re great, but there’s just something missing”
“I like you, but I can’t date someone who doesn’t travel as much as I do”
All of the above have one thing in common: they are great for justifying pulling away / creating distance in a relationship
I discuss these strategies and the avoidant attachment style in today’s podcast episode!
Whether you have an avoidant attachment style or are dating someone with one, this episode will help you get clear on identifying some common avoidant distancing attachment strategies.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Let's Get Vulnerable Podcast with me your host Dr. Morgan Anderson, clinical psychologist, relationship |
| 0:16.4 | coach, love expert, creator of the ESL relationship method, and athletic wear connoisseur. My mission is to help you raise |
| 0:27.3 | yourself worth, have great relationships, and step confidently into the next level of your life. |
| 0:34.0 | Each week, two episodes will air, |
| 0:37.0 | featuring expert advice, live coaching, |
| 0:40.0 | and tips showing you exactly how to improve your life and attract great relationships. |
| 0:46.0 | You deserve to feel empowered, secure, and loved. |
| 0:51.0 | So buckle up and let's get vulnerable. |
| 0:55.0 | Exciting update. I have a brand new free resource. You all asked for it so I created it. |
| 1:02.0 | This is a relationship attachment quiz designed to help you understand |
| 1:06.8 | your patterns in relationships. You can take this totally free quiz now by going to the link in my Instagram bio at Dr. Morgan |
| 1:17.1 | coaching and click attachment quiz and you all know I love to hear from you so either screenshot and tag me |
| 1:26.2 | with your result or send me a DM letting me know your result from the quiz |
| 1:32.1 | You guys this is totally free and this will be |
| 1:34.8 | helpful to you so go check it out. Can't wait for you to take the quiz and to |
| 1:40.7 | share your results. I am so excited about this episode. Hello, it's Dr. Morgan. |
| 1:48.0 | We are going to discuss something very important today and that is three common strategies that people who have |
| 1:59.8 | a voidant attachment use to distance in a relationship. |
| 2:06.1 | So three distancing strategies used by someone with an avoidant attachment style or perhaps they have a |
| 2:16.4 | disorganized attachment style and this is one of the ways that they show up in their |
| 2:21.5 | relationships is with |
| 2:23.4 | avoidance strategies. So basically if you know about a voidant |
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