EP 71: The 4 Most Common Anxious Attachment Strategies for Intimacy
Let’s Get Vulnerable: Relationship and Dating Advice
Dr. Morgan Anderson
4.7 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2020
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Do you struggle with any of these common Anxious Attachment Strategies?!
You are NOT ALONE if you do – these are very common, and they are sabotaging your success in love...
Inside this episode you will learn:
-Why Physical intimacy as a means for secure attachment can be problematic
-Why reassurance needs can be problematic
-What to do with anxious attachment (so you can attract the relationship you desire
I am no stranger to anxious attachment strategies, I used them in my past as my go-to for connection
I know the heartache that comes with using these strategies consistently
Make sure you listen to this episode so you can identify these unhelpful strategies for intimacy and stop them.
YOU DESERVE secure attachment in your relationships, and it starts with you
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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 |
| 0:16.5 | coach, love expert, creator of the ESL relationship method, and athletic wear connoisseur. My mission is to help you raise |
| 0:27.4 | 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 |
| 1:06.0 | understand your patterns in relationships. You can take this totally free quiz now by going to the link in my |
| 1:15.1 | Instagram bio at Dr Morgan coaching and click attachment quiz and you all |
| 1:21.6 | know I love to hear from you so either screenshot and tag me |
| 1:26.0 | with your result or send me a DM letting me know your result from the quiz. |
| 1:31.9 | You guys this is totally free and this will be |
| 1:34.9 | helpful to you so go check it out. Can't wait for you to take the quiz and |
| 1:40.8 | share your results. Let's get vulnerable. Let's do this. It's your host |
| 1:46.5 | Dr. Morgan. We're here to talk about anxious attachment strategies, |
| 1:54.0 | specifically activating strategies |
| 1:58.0 | when you are looking to get a response from your partner or the person you're dating, what do you do? |
| 2:07.0 | I want to talk about four common strategies that are used and to be clear there are so many so there will probably |
| 2:17.5 | be some follow-up episodes where I talk about other strategies but I want to talk |
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