While the events that lead to love, marriage, affairs and divorce can often feel arbitrary, for psychologists there is a definitive science behind why some relationships work and some just don’t. In ...

Do you find yourself hyperfixating on whether your partner is upset with you? Do you feel as though you're constantly nagging at your significant other in search of affection? Or maybe you're the ...

Avoidance increases anxiety over time. This can play out in many different ways, depending on what makes you anxious. CBT can ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The rise of therapy-speak has paved the way for attachment styles to become a mainstay in daily ...

Are you anxious, avoidant or secure? What’s rarely discussed is whether people can switch from one camp to another. People wear their “anxious” labels as if they’re fixed for good, but that isn’t ...

The impact of early childhood experiences on adult relationships, romantic or platonic, has always been a subject of interest ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. We all want a love that’s easy, or at least one that doesn’t ...

Ever feel like you're constantly chasing someone who keeps backing off, or maybe you're the one who needs space while your partner wants more closeness? That's an anxious-avoidant trap. When one ...

Attachment styles and the roles they play in relationships have become a growing area of interest for researchers, therapists, and individuals seeking to understand their emotional patterns. And ...

As a clinical psychologist that provides both psychotherapy to pre-teens and adolescents as well as court-custody evaluations for high-conflict families, I have become aware of a deceivingly prevalent ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Some couples can’t get enough — or too much — of each other.

A dating book helped Nicola Prentis realize she had a pattern for dating men who pull away. Using ChatGPT, she rewrote her Hinge profile to dodge the "avoidant" men the book described. Now, even with ...