I was twelve years old when, yet again, I was hiding in my room, listening to my parents screaming at each other. That night, I made a promise to myself through my tears:

'I will do whatever it takes not to repeat what my parents did!'

But I struggled right from get go in my relationships as a teen. I pushed my partners away, gave them the silent treatment, or blew up at nothing to get a reaction. I would overreact to the slightest change in their demeanor, desperate for them to reach out and give me the assurance I craved.

I thought to myself, "Why do I act this way?"

In hindsight, I was swinging back and forth between an Anxious Attachment style (desperately wanting partners to meet my unmet needs) and an Avoidant Attachment (desiring love but also terrified of it).

I was twelve years old when, yet again, I was hiding in my room, listening to my parents screaming at each other. That night, I made a promise to myself through my tears:

'I will do whatever it takes not to repeat what my parents did!'

But I struggled right from get go in my relationships as a teen. I pushed my partners away, gave them the silent treatment, or blew up at nothing to get a reaction. I would overreact to the slightest change in their demeanor, desperate for them to reach out and give me the assurance I craved.

I thought to myself, "Why do I act this way?"

In hindsight, I was swinging back and forth between an Anxious Attachment style (desperately wanting partners to meet my unmet needs) and an Avoidant Attachment (desiring love but also terrified of it).

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