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SHITSHOW SATURDAY #176 - When Attachment Gets Complicated

Adult Child

Andrea Ashley

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

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🗓️ 1 November 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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0:00.0

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1:08.3

Where are you seeing attachment patterns show up? Because we grew up in chaos, neglect, or emotional

1:15.5

unpredictability, it makes sense that our attachment patterns aren't neat or consistent. They're

1:20.2

disorganized, meaning we can lean anxious in some areas of our lives and avoidant others. We might

1:26.2

cling in love, withdrawn friendships, overfunction at work,

1:29.1

and completely freeze when it comes to money or asking for help. None of this means we're broken.

1:34.2

It just means our nervous system adapted to survive. The invitation is simply to notice without

1:39.3

judgment where these patterns may be showing up in your life today. In romantic relationships, anxious patterns might show up as over-analyzing every text,

1:48.8

taking distance as rejection, or losing yourself in someone else's needs.

1:54.0

Avoiding patterns might show up as shutting down when things get too close,

1:57.9

minimizing your needs or convincing yourself you're better off alone.

2:01.5

Core idea. Both are fear responses. One fear is abandonment, the other fears engulfment.

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