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Disorganized Attachment Style In Relationships: What You Need To Know

What is Disorganized Attachment Style?

Afshara
2 min readSep 11, 2022
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A disorganized attachment style can be caused by different things, for instance, childhood trauma, abandonment, or abuse. Also, there could be fear of their parents. Usually, children with this type of attachment style may appear uncertain and confused.

Signs

People with this attachment style may show the following signs:

  • Unable to control emotions
  • Scared of being rejected
  • Inconsistent behaviors
  • Excessive anxiety
  • Having trust issues
  • Indications of both anxious and avoidant attachment style

According to experts, a disorganized attachment style is connected with some mental health problems for instance,

Disorganized Attachment Style In Relationships

Individuals with this attachment style often behave in perplexing and unpredictable ways in relationships. They also like to…

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Counseling can be helpful for people with a disorganized attachment style. It will help them in communicating and feeling safe in their future relationships

I'm still in therapy because it took a lifetime for me to get this way and Rome wasn't built in a day. I'm learning how to be healthy person and how to choose healthy people.

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they don’t shy away from any emotional intimacy.

That's the weird thing about me. I'm introverted with trust issues, but crave intimacy so much.

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Sometimes they push away their potential mates and other times they desperately chase love

This sounds a lot like how I've been for years.

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