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Avoidant Attachment Style

Avoidant attachment style is all about avoiding intimacy and avoiding connecting with others. Avoidant attachment is often formed in one’s childhood. When a child does not have an emotional and/or has a distant relationship with their caregivers. This can look like, not being able to express emotions, a caregiver not being emotional present or caregivers left a child to care for themselves, and caregivers being very busy, just name a few.

In my opinion, Avoidant Attachment is the most noticeable. This is because people seem often pin point why they are emotionally distant in their relationships. An example of this is military families. Often i hear in military families, there is not much room for emotional support, but rather a more strict and narrow environment. Another example is people explaining that their parents were more about chores, grades, not expressing feelings. My point is, people recognize an avoidant attachment all the time, which means something can be done about it. Therefore, one can start with learning how to be emotionally present and express their feelings in a healthy way.

Take Care,

Gwena’e