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How Childhood Attachment Wounds Shape Your Love Life (And How to Heal)
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May 18, 2025
Why do you keep replaying the same painful relationship patterns—no matter how hard you try? Let's go straight to the source: your earliest emotional experiences. And get the tools to change the story. 💡 In this video, you’ll learn: – The four attachment styles (secure, anxious, avoidant, disorganized) and how they form before age two – Which early caregiving patterns plant the seeds for clinginess, withdrawal, or chaos in love – The neurobiological imprinting that locks in those childhood scripts—sometimes before you had words to express feelings – How those attachment wounds show up in modern dating and partnership – Three powerful healing strategies to soothe your nervous system and cultivate secure intimacy – A seven-step blueprint to rewire your brain for lasting connection ✨ Ready to heal old wounds and build a love that lasts? Comment “I choose security” below and claim your roadmap to healthy attachment. 👍 Like if this opened your eyes to your own patterns. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly deep dives into the real psychology of love, healing, and genuine intimacy. 🔗 Share with someone who needs to know their childhood doesn’t have to dictate their future relationships. #love #relationship #relationshipadvice #relationshipgoals #loveandaffection #relationshiptips #relationshipfacts #relationshipbuilding #couplegoals
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have you ever wondered why you keep
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recreating the same painful relationship
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patterns no matter how hard you
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try what if the root of every romantic
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struggle you face today lies in events
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you barely remember from
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childhood you'll discover precisely how
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your earliest emotional wounds wired
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your heart and how you can finally heal
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those cracks to build thriving lasting
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love
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today's episode dives deep into
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attachment wounds the invisible scars
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left by our first caregivers that shape
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every way we connect in
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adulthood in this episode you'll
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learn the four attachment styles: secure
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anxious avoidant and disorganized and
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how they form before age two
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which early experiences plant the seeds
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for patterns like clinginess emotional
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withdrawal or chronic
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dissatisfaction the neurobiological
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imprinting that locks in these
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attachment scripts sometimes even before
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you had words to express
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feelings how those early wounds play out
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in modern dating and partnership
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three proven healing strategies to
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rewire your nervous system and cultivate
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secure
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connection a real story of
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transformation from scared shutdown
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child to confident connected
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adult stay tuned once you understand how
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your past programs your present you'll
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gain the power to rewrite your love life
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narrative meet Sophia
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[Music]
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as a child her home was a mix of warmth
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and
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unpredictability on sunny afternoons her
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mother tucked her into a cozy chair for
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story time bright laughter echoing in
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the living
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room but when her father arrived home
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late slamming the door in frustration
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the house would freeze
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voices would rise objects would rattle
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and Sophia would shrink into a corner
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praying the storm would
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pass those early days taught Sophia her
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worth hinged on his mood kind father
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worthy angry father
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unworthy love felt like walking on a
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tight rope heightened joy so often
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crashed into
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fear fast forward to adulthood sophia
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falls for David a charismatic
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colleague at first he showers her with
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attention late night messages thoughtful
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surprises deep
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conversations sophia's heart
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soarses but as soon as David senses her
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growing attachment he becomes distant
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late replies canceled plans cryptic
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texts
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instantly an old fear flares i'll never
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earn his
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love sophia chases harder texts at Dawn
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self-deprecating apologies david
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responds but the warmth feels forced
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like he's meeting an
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obligation the cycle repeats leaving
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Sophia exhausted and doubting
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herself one day after sobbing into her
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pillow Sophia asked "Why do I always
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recreate that scary childhood feeling
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that question led her to attachment
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theory and the revelations transformed
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her love life
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forever if you see yourself in Sophia's
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story stay with
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me we're about to uncover how childhood
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scripts take root and the exact steps
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you can take to free
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yourself section one attachment theory
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101
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the late 1960s psychologist John Bulby
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proposed that infants form attachment
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bonds with caregivers that guide their
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sense of
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safety his student Mary Ainsworth
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developed the strange situation
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experiment to observe baby's reactions
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to separation and
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reunion from these studies emerged four
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attachment styles
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secure caregivers are reliably
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responsive babies explore freely
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distressed by separation but quickly
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soothed on
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reunion as adults they trust communicate
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openly and handle conflict with
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resilience anxious ambivalent caregivers
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are inconsistent sometimes nurturing
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sometimes
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ignoring babies become clingy anxious
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and inconsolable
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as adults they crave reassurance fear
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abandonment and often chase
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intimacy avoidant caregivers are
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dismissive or unresponsive to emotional
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needs babies minimize their attachment
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behaviors exploring independently
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showing little
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distress as adults they prize
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independence suppress emotions and avoid
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closeness
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disorganized caregivers are frightening
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or chaotic abusive or
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neglectful babies exhibit contradictory
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behaviors desire closeness and fear
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it as adults they can feel torn between
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craving intimacy and fearing it often
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showing erratic relationship
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patterns these styles aren't labels of
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character they're survival strategies
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coded in your nervous system forged in
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the first two years of life when your
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brain was most
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[Music]
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malleable pattern interrupt think back
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to your earliest relatives were they
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consistent or
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capricious that memory holds clues to
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your attachment
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blueprint section two how early wounds
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take root
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let's examine how these attachment
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styles
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[Music]
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form inconsistent care anxious when a
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caregiver soothes sometimes and ignores
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other times the infant learns to amplify
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their distress to get attention creating
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a hyper sensitivity to emotional
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cues emotional rejection avoidant if a
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caregiver rejects or shames emotional
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expression the infant suppresses their
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needs learning that showing
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vulnerability is
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unsafe trauma or fear disorganized in
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cases of abuse or unpredictable behavior
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the infant's primary attachment figure
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is both source of comfort and threat
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leading to confusion and disorientation
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in attachment
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behavior these early patterns imprint
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via neuroplasticity the brain's wiring
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adjusts to the environment
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repeated experiences of comfort or
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neglect sculpt the architecture of the
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amygdala emotion center the prefrontal
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cortex self-regulation and the
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hippocampus
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memory over time these neural patterns
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become the default modes for processing
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closeness conflict and
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trust quick exercise reflect on a vivid
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childhood memory of seeking comfort were
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you met with warmth or
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dismissal that memory shaped your
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wiring section three manifestations in
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modern
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love how do these childhood wounds show
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up in adult
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relationships let's break it down by
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style anxious attachment in action
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text storms sending multiple messages if
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partner doesn't reply
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quickly emotion amplification
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interpreting minor mishaps as signs of
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rejection reassurance dependency needing
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constant affirmation to feel
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secure avoidant attachment in
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action emotional distancing deflecting
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deep conversations with sarcasm or humor
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physical withdrawal avoiding hugging
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cohabitation discussions or shared
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activities intimacy sabotage picking
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fights or ending dates early to maintain
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control disorganized attachment in
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action push pull cycles alternating
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between intense chase and abrupt
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withdrawal self-sabotage unconsciously
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testing the partner's care by behaving
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erratically emotional paralysis feeling
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stuck wanting closeness but freezing
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when it
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approaches these patterns often feel
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unconscious you may catch yourself in a
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panic after a benign comment or feel
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numb when surprising affection
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[Music]
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arrives the good news once you see the
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pattern you can begin to override it
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section four neurobiology of attachment
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wounds attachment isn't just psychology
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it's
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biology when your early needs went unmet
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your body learned to expect
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stress chronic cortisol exposure during
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neglect sensitizes the amydala your
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alarm center fires at the slightest
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perceived threat
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oxytocin dysregulation secure bonds
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trigger healthy oxytocin release the
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cuddle hormone but inconsistent care can
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blunt this system making intimacy feel
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unfamiliar or
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uncomfortable mirror neuron impact if
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your caregiver mirrored anger or
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indifference your brain learned to
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suppress emotional mirroring hindering
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empathy and attunement in adult
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relationships
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these biological imprints operate
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beneath conscious thought driving your
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fightlight freeze responses in
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love yet the brain remains plastic
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throughout life you can reshape these
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circuits with intentional
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practice section five breaking the
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cycle now let's move from insight to
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action
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here are three researchbacked practices
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to heal attachment wounds and develop
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secure
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connection one mindful
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self-regulation body scan meditation
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spend 5 to 10 minutes daily tuning into
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bodily sensations notice where tension
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or fear arises without
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judgment diaphragmatic breathing slow
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inhales for four counts exhale for six
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activates the parasympathetic system to
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calm the
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amydala these practices give you space
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between trigger and reaction essential
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for rewiring default stress
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responses two internal attachment
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reparing soothing inner child visualize
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your younger self in moments of
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distress offer comforting words you
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never received you are safe you are
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loved journaling dialogues write letters
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from your adult self to your inner child
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and vice versa processing unmet needs
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and acknowledging
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growth this deep work strengthens your
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self-object capacity being both nurturer
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and comforter to
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yourself three secure relationship
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enactments
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gradual vulnerability exercises share a
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personal fear or dream in safe context
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starting with close friends or a
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therapist attachment focused
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communication use eye statements to
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express needs i feel scared when I don't
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hear from you and request specific
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behaviors for example a text by 9:00 p.m
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helps me feel
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connected consistent repair rituals when
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conflicts arise implement a calm down
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period followed by an agreed repair
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conversation to apologize and reaffirm
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care by practicing secure patterns with
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trusted individuals you gradually
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retrain your brain intimacy now signals
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safety not
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threat section six case
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study let's revisit Sophia our opening
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story
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after recognizing her childhood patterns
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she
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began daily mindfulness 5 minutes of
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breath work each morning to soothe
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anxiety inner child journaling weekly
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letters to her younger self
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acknowledging her fear of
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abandonment relationship agreement a
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packact with her partner Liam for
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nightly check-in calls no matter how
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busy
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at first Sophia panicked at the idea of
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vulnerability but each successful step
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sharing a fear receiving empathy
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honoring the check-in built her nervous
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systems capacity for secure
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attachment within 3 months Sophia
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noticed she no longer spiraled when Liam
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was silent for a few
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hours she trusted his return would be
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gentle not jarring
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their bond deepened into a partnership
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defined by empathy not
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anxiety section seven your sevenstep
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healing
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blueprint now it's your
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turn here's your sevenstep blueprint to
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heal attachment
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wounds map your attachment history
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identify key early experiences of
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comfort and neglect
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daily self-regulation commit to at least
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5 minutes of breath work or body
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scan inner child dialogue journal weekly
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letters between your adult self and
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inner
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child vulnerability ritual share one
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personal fear or hope with a trusted
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person every
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week secure communication pack agree on
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one small consistent behavior with your
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partner or a friend to signal care
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repair conversations after any conflict
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schedule a calm structured discussion to
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apologize and reaffirm
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connection track progress journal shifts
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in your anxiety and sense of safety over
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time celebrate each
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win consistency
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matters with each practice you rewire
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your brain toward security not
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survival you'll begin to experience
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intimacy as a refuge not a
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threat if this episode opened your eyes
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to how childhood wounds still shape your
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love life do three things right
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now like this video to signal its
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value comment choose security if you're
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ready to heal and
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connect share with someone who needs to
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break free from old
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patterns hit subscribe and ring the bell
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next time we'll dive into why your
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relationship feels too much or not
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enough explained by science so you can
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finally find your sweet spot in
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love remember your childhood doesn't
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have to dictate your future
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you have the power to heal grow and
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build love that
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lasts this is the psychology of love
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what they never taught
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you let's keep learning and healing
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together
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