The book's popularity and the renewed interest in attachment theory is due to a confluence of two factors: people feeling less safe and being more online. 'Seismic shifts' happened in a lot of relationships He also hopes that people just find it to be a good, helpful read. An isolating pandemic and deteriorating planet has made people focus more on themselves and their relationships. The book's enduring appeal, he says, is possibly because the world seems a lot scarier than it did 10 years ago. 'For the longest time I didn't even know about 'Attached' being so popular on TikTok,' Levine says. Avoidant people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness.Anxious people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner's ability to love them back.Secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving.The three attachment styles, as defined in the book by Levine, are: Amir Levine and Rachel Heller posit that children's attachment styles, first pioneered by John Bowlby in the 1950s, can be applied to romantic relationships between adults. Secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving.Īttached guides readers in determining what attachment style they and their mate (or potential mate) follow, offering a road map for building stronger, more fulfilling connections with the people they love.In the book, authors Dr.

Avoidant people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness. Anxious people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner's ability to love them back Pioneered by psychologist John Bowlby in the 1950s, the field of attachment posits that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three distinct ways.

Amir Levine and Rachel Heller scientifically explain why why some people seem to navigate relationships effortlessly, while others struggle.ĭiscover how an understanding of adult attachment-the most advanced relationship science in existence today-can help us find and sustain love. Why not use science to help us improve our relationships? In this revolutionary book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. We already rely on science to tell us what to eat, when to exercise, and how long to sleep.

The new science of adult attachment