HOW I went from ANXIOUS ATTACHMENT to SECURE...and you can too.
Summary
TLDRThis video script delves into attachment styles, focusing on the impact of anxious attachment on personal growth and relationships. The speaker shares their journey from anxious to secure attachment, emphasizing the importance of self-awareness and self-improvement. They discuss the behaviors and thought patterns associated with anxious attachment, such as seeking constant validation and struggling with trust, and offer advice on cultivating secure attachment through practices like mindfulness, effective communication, and emotional regulation. The script also suggests resources like books and courses to aid in this personal development process.
Takeaways
- π Anxious attachment style can significantly impact one's relationships and self-perception, often leading to a cycle of seeking validation and pushing people away.
- π The attachment style stems from childhood experiences and can be carried into adulthood, influencing how one interacts with others and approaches relationships.
- π« Anxiously attached individuals often exhibit codependent behaviors, relying heavily on their partners for emotional stability and validation.
- π« People with anxious attachment struggle with setting personal boundaries and may feel uncomfortable being alone, fearing abandonment and rejection.
- π€ The need for constant validation can lead to a lack of trust in relationships, as well as a tendency to be overly sensitive to how others perceive them.
- π Healing from anxious attachment involves learning about secure attachment and actively practicing it to form new neural pathways in the brain.
- π The speaker recommends specific books such as 'Attached', 'Getting the Love You Want', and 'How to Be an Adult in Relationships' to better understand and work on attachment styles.
- πͺ Developing secure attachment involves emotional self-regulation, trust in partners, effective communication, and the ability to be comfortable alone.
- π€ Securely attached individuals are able to seek emotional support without needing constant validation, and they practice empathy and respect in their relationships.
- π« Avoiding defensiveness and learning to compromise while maintaining self-respect and boundaries are key aspects of secure attachment.
- π‘ The process of becoming securely attached requires self-reflection, mindfulness, and letting go of past traumas or baggage to live more fully in the present.
Q & A
What are the different attachment styles mentioned in the script?
-The script discusses secure attachment, anxious attachment, and briefly mentions avoidant attachment style.
Why has the topic of attachment styles become popular on the speaker's Tick Tock?
-The topic has become popular because it resonates with many people who are dealing with relationship issues and self-growth.
What is the primary focus of the video script?
-The primary focus is on understanding and addressing anxious attachment styles and their impact on personal relationships and self-image.
According to the script, what percentage of people have a secure attachment style?
-About 50% of people are said to have a secure attachment style.
What are some characteristics of an anxious attachment style as described in the script?
-Characteristics include needing validation, having a fear of being alone, difficulty setting boundaries, low self-esteem, jealousy, and a tendency to be a people pleaser.
Why do people with an anxious attachment style often push people away?
-They push people away because their behaviors, such as constant need for validation and fear of abandonment, can create chasms in relationships rather than fostering closeness.
What is the speaker's personal experience with attachment styles?
-The speaker has experienced an anxious attachment style and has been working on it for six to seven years, eventually moving towards a secure attachment style.
What advice does the speaker give for someone to move from an anxious to a secure attachment style?
-The speaker advises learning about secure attachment, practicing vulnerability and trust, focusing on oneself, and reading certain books that can help in understanding and changing attachment styles.
What are some of the books recommended by the speaker to help with attachment styles?
-The books recommended are 'Attached', 'Getting the Love You Want', and 'How to Be an Adult in Relationships'.
How does the speaker describe the process of healing from an anxious attachment style?
-The healing process involves self-study, understanding the reasons behind anxious attachment, making a conscious decision to change, and practicing secure attachment behaviors until they become second nature.
What are some behaviors of securely attached people that the speaker mentions?
-Securely attached people are described as trusting, having effective communication skills, being comfortable being alone, not being defensive, showing empathy, knowing when to compromise and say no, being straightforward, and being free of old baggage.
Outlines
π Understanding Attachment Styles
The speaker introduces the topic of attachment styles, focusing on secure and anxious attachment, and their impact on personal relationships. They share their journey of self-improvement over the past five to seven years, emphasizing the importance of attachment style in personal development. The speaker discusses the negative effects of an anxious attachment style, which can lead to pushing people away rather than fostering healthy relationships. They also mention avoidant attachment but decide to focus on anxious attachment, inviting viewers to share their interests for future content.
π€ The Origins and Impact of Anxious Attachment
This paragraph delves into the origins of anxious attachment, often stemming from childhood experiences and societal influences. The speaker describes how women, in particular, may develop codependent behaviors in relationships, seeking validation and control over their partners to feel secure. Anxiously attached individuals struggle with being alone, setting boundaries, and maintaining self-worth, often leading to a cycle of seeking validation and exhibiting people-pleasing behaviors. The speaker encourages self-reflection on these behaviors and their life impact.
π« Overcoming Anxious Attachment
The speaker shares personal insights on overcoming anxious attachment, emphasizing the need for self-study and the development of secure attachment behaviors. They discuss the importance of understanding and acting as if one is securely attached to change neural pathways in the brain. The speaker also touches on the potential traumas that can lead to anxious attachment and encourages viewers to practice secure attachment behaviors, such as trust and effective communication, as a means of personal growth and healthier relationships.
π¬ Characteristics of Secure Attachment
This paragraph outlines the behaviors and attitudes of securely attached individuals, including effective communication, trust, seeking emotional support, and being comfortable with alone time. The speaker contrasts these behaviors with those of anxiously attached individuals, highlighting the importance of self-awareness, empathy, and respect for personal boundaries. They also discuss the ability of secure individuals to compromise and the importance of letting go of past relationship baggage to foster healthier connections.
π Resources for Healing and Growth
The speaker provides recommendations for books and resources to help viewers understand and shift from anxious to secure attachment styles. They mention specific titles such as 'Attached', 'Getting the Love You Want', and 'How to Be an Adult in Relationships', and suggest that their future course on feminine energy and overcoming anxiety could also be beneficial. The paragraph concludes with advice on practicing vulnerability, trust, mindfulness, and detachment to overcome anxious attachment and live more fully in the present.
Mindmap
Keywords
π‘Attachment Styles
π‘Anxious Attachment
π‘Secure Attachment
π‘Codependency
π‘Self-Esteem
π‘Validation
π‘Boundaries
π‘Emotional Regulation
π‘Trust
π‘Communication
π‘Alone Time
π‘Self-Worth
Highlights
The video aims to discuss attachment styles, focusing on secure and anxious attachment, and their impact on personal growth and relationships.
Anxious attachment has been a pivotal point in the speaker's self-relationship, affecting everything from personal relationships to self-perception.
Approximately 50% of people have a secure attachment style, which is beneficial for cultivating and deepening relationships.
An anxious attachment style can lead to being perceived as needy or clingy, potentially pushing people away rather than attracting them.
Avoidant attachment style is mentioned but not the focus of the video, with an offer to create content for those interested.
The speaker shares personal experiences with anxious attachment and the transformative journey towards secure attachment.
Anxious attachment often stems from childhood experiences and can create a lifelong pattern of behavior.
Codependency in relationships is a sign of anxious attachment, where one's emotions and reactions are heavily influenced by the partner.
People with anxious attachment struggle with being alone and often have difficulty setting personal boundaries.
A lack of self-worth and a tendency to seek validation from others are common traits of those with anxious attachment.
The speaker emphasizes the importance of self-improvement and learning to be securely attached to enhance personal and romantic relationships.
Anxious attachment can lead to jealousy, people-pleasing, and a constant need for reassurance from a partner.
The video discusses the need to trust in relationships and let go of the fear of being hurt by others.
Effective communication, seeking emotional support, and being comfortable with solitude are traits of secure attachment.
The speaker suggests that secure attachment involves being straightforward, respecting others' boundaries, and being free of old emotional baggage.
The video concludes with a call to action for viewers to study secure attachment, practice vulnerability, and work on personal growth.
Resources such as books and future courses on overcoming anxiety and developing feminine energy are recommended for further learning and development.
Transcripts
let's talk about it let's talk about
secure attachment anxious attachment
attachment Styles this subject has
become so popular on my Tick Tock that I
cannot but
address it I think
this video is going to be as down to
earth as I can make it and then in the
comments you guys can tell me what else
you're interested in and we'll go from
there anxious attachment has been like
the most pivotal point in my
relationship with myself
I read the book attached maybe five
years ago but for about six to seven
years I've been working on my attachment
style I've realized it's the most
pivotal thing for me from relationships
to feminine energy to all of it
um everything I've discovered has helped
me become the person that I am right now
and I'm going to try and make this video
as open plan and as much of a
conversation piece as I can because the
subject is just something that a lot of
people are feeling at the moment for
attached attachment Styles they come
from your childhood or something that
happens to you while you are young and
you take this attachment style
throughout your life with you about 50
of people the lucky ones are secure you
want to become secure in order to
cultivate your relationship and make it
go further if you have an anxious
attachment style which is the second
piece men will call you needy they will
call you clingy despite you wanting to
appear so people will ghost you and they
will argue with you for reasons that you
don't understand sadly when you have an
anxious attachment style you're actually
going to push people away as opposed to
attract them you're going to instead of
cultivating the relationships you want
you are going to create chasms in which
the relationship cannot exist this third
attachment style is avoidant which I'm
not going to address in this video
because a lot of avoidant people don't
necessarily need a video like this I can
make another video about how to deal
with avoidant people but you let me know
if you're interested in that because I
know most people are going to be
watching this are anxiously attached
like I was
it was Dire for me to the point where I
think that if I had had a secure
attachment style earlier in my life my
life would have been different it just
would have been different I'm going to
tell you how the anxious attachment
style comes about in your life you have
a codependent style of relating to a
partner for the sake of this video
you're the woman and he's the man if
you're a man watching this swap it
around or if you are in a same-sex
relationship just imagine I'm talking
about the sex that relates to you but
it's not specific to sex however much
more women are more anxiously attached
than men it's just how we're raised it's
how Society is okay so you as a woman
will appear in the situation codependent
on your partner his moods his life his
ideas will shift how you react and feel
you will want to control what he does in
order to make yourself feel secure if he
does things that you did not anticipate
or that you did not know or did not want
it will absolutely throw you into a a
a whirlwind of emotion you are not
comfortable being alone
if you've got anxious attachment you're
not comfortable with being alone you're
thinking of the person that you're
attached to or you're thinking about
your next next attachment you also can't
set boundaries you cannot set boundaries
for yourself not only do you want to be
wanted by other people but you cannot
set boundaries for yourself because you
are afraid like I was that if you say
what is right for you and what is wrong
for you first of all you probably don't
even know what's right for you and what
is wrong for you but you are afraid if
you say it people will not want to be
around you you have decided somewhere in
your early life that the only reason
people wouldn't be around you is because
you are comfortable to be with because
you've got attributes or assets that
make you comfortable in the Paradigm of
how you see the world you see other
people above you and yourself below them
even though you might think that you're
all this when you conversate with people
inside your self-esteem you feel you're
not worthy of things and of love you
feel dependent on others
it might be because you orchestrate it
that way and sometimes you will
definitely do so like financially you
won't step up or you will make sure that
you're dependent on people just so that
you can have a connection with somebody
else you'll cultivate those type of
relationships this one this next one I
hate
you will need validation from people in
order to have any kind of self-esteem or
any idea of what you look like or if
you're smart or if you're intelligent or
if you're interesting you will need
someone else to validate that for you
you will have an intense desire for
closeness and not a desire like a secure
attached person would where they just
want that to happen it will be like an
addiction like a need for that person to
validate you and be close to you and
when they are not close to you your
whole world will spiral into an oblivion
again you will feel very jealous you
will feel jealous that your place can be
taken in someone's life you'll feel
jealous about people that they're around
you will also be a people pleaser you
will want to accommodate people with
your comfort as opposed to your persona
you will not be interested in how you
are as a person and what you can provide
for other people with your value instead
you will try on people please you will
placate you will try and be easy but at
the same time that will knock you in
your ass because realistically you are
going to try people please so much that
you will become almost repulsive you'll
have low self-esteem and you will be
sensitive about how others perceive you
you will ask questions about how people
see you you will ask questions about how
you look to other people
especially that one person that you
chose to be your I was going to say a
victim but it's not like that but your
your Source I would say of energy and
sometimes I feel anxious attachment gets
the rep for being
um like broken and small and needing but
I think there is something to this
energy that is kind of vampiric where
you need somebody to now that I am
healing and have healed I believe I have
healed it and I'm now securely attached
there is something to that energy that
was almost vampire like where you needed
somebody else's energy in order to feel
better if you have anxious attachment
you will not trust you will check phones
you will think people are here to hurt
you and at the same time as doing that
you will put up with unhealthy
relationships as opposed to leaving
those relationships you will put up with
unhealthy relationships giving excuses
about why why that person truly actually
does love you and isn't at fault now the
reason I told you all of this is because
I want you to evaluate whether this is
you and how it's impacting your life
like I said people will push you away or
be pushed away by you no matter how much
of an amazing person you are I feel if
you have this kind of anxious attachment
style it almost becomes like a cloud
over the person that you truly are I'm
not a medical professional but I have
gone through this and I have come out on
the other side so if this helps you I
want to help you I'm a believer that
unless you
wrestle with this like the dragon that
it is
and eliminates it from your life through
the methods that I'm going to tell you
it will jeopardize relationships and it
will jeopardize you it will jeopardize
you because you are you you are
the incredible human being that was born
and because of experiences you develop
this attachment style this does not mean
it's you when I advise on my tick tocks
that people shouldn't you know bombard
people or text them back or ask why
they're ghosted they say oh I don't want
to play games I just want to ask them
why they're ghosted it's not a game you
have to have some kind of rigor and some
kind of self-discipline in order to
knock this out of your idea of being and
the way I healed it for myself is I
learned intensely about what it means to
be anxiously attached or the reasons
that I just told you and I decided I
made the decision that that is not my
personality I then learned what it is to
be securely attached and I decided that
this is now me people are born as they
are but people make themselves into who
they want to be it's like a
self-manufacturing process I need you to
manufacture a new version of yourself
you cannot be this person who pushes
people away who asks for validation who
doesn't trust because you will not it's
like a self-fulfilling prophecy you
think everyone's going to leave you and
doesn't like you the behaviors you do is
actually going to lead to people leaving
you and not liking you you need to learn
what secure attachment is and act as if
you are until the neurons in your brain
form a pathway to understand that when I
act secure people like me when I act
anxious people are pushed away
essentially people who are anxious have
had a trauma when it comes to attachment
in their life for me it's that I don't
have a doubt I had him until the age of
five and then we don't have a
relationship anymore so my whole
childhood and and also I'm an immigrant
of I moved to another country when I was
very young and never saw my family so
it's those two things there's nothing I
did wrong there's nothing anyone else
did wrong my father made the choices he
wanted to it's absolutely fine but as a
child imprints on you as an anxious
attachment where you feel oh I've got to
grab onto people I've got to grasp on to
people I've got to make sure that they
don't run away from me but actually you
running after people makes them run you
need to stand in your power and know who
you are and practice secure attachment
like any other practice in the world
until it becomes you and you will see
that your true personality can then
shine and people can come into your life
I'm going to tell you now the behaviors
that you exemplify when you're anxiously
attached you know you're anxiously
attached if you're calling and texting
people not stop when they haven't
replied when you cannot give them that
space
you always need to text and when you
haven't text
you have an anxiety you feel like
something's wrong you need that fix more
than you need a good relationship you
need that fix of them replying more than
you need them to respect you and see you
as a wholesome person you're constantly
checking social media where are they
what are they doing what do they look at
who do they like you're preoccupied with
their existence as opposed to your
reality you are suspicious when life is
good you when life is good and you've
got a good partner you are suspicious
that something is going to slip up you
go along with what your partner wants to
the to the detriment of the relationship
you build resentment you go with what
they want they want to eat pizza tonight
yeah of course they want to go here of
course they want you to cook but you're
tired yeah of course until it builds up
so much that you've got resentment in
you you can't say no not because you're
so kind and so nice but because you're
scared that you're going to get thrown
in the bin that you're going to be
rejected you constantly ask your partner
if they find you attractive or they like
you you constantly ask what it is about
you that they like I used to do this
kind of thing listen to me it's the way
worst possible thing that you can do not
not only for their attraction towards
you but for your own mental health you
don't want to hear their answers you
don't want to see their face change as
you ask that question you're going to
read into it with your brain as it is
right now with your anxious attachment
anything they say you're going to scan
and it's going to be to your detriment
you just need to be in yourself in your
own embodiment in your power and know
that everything is going to be okay you
avoid waking up from a bad relationship
you know it's bad you've asked your
friends they already told you that he
probably doesn't like you you keep
seeking validation from this person you
know why because they remind you of the
person in your childhood who hurt you
you want love from that guy who does not
want you what kind of sticks around
because if you can win his love then it
will remind you and it will let you know
that the love of the person you lost as
a child or you felt tethered from you
was worth it that you now want it in the
present future because this guy is
similar to the person who hurt you here
so you couldn't get their love and now
that situation is gone but you can get
his love you've proven to yourself that
you're worth it but that's not how it
works you can never prove that you've
been worth it you need to let it go even
if you're the rapist Peach not everybody
likes peaches that person in the past
who didn't love you enough who didn't
see your worth
they did not not see you because they
didn't see you because you were bad they
just didn't see you because they didn't
want to see you that's it
there's nothing more to it
it's their Journey you need to let them
have that Journey at the essence of it
anxious attachment will sabotage your
relationships and it will cause you to
not live in the moment anxious
attachment always lives in the future of
production is he gonna cheat on me is he
gonna hurt me is he not the one does he
not find me this does he not find me
that
sends healing from it I still have
moments when I drop into that and I
really have to like Snap myself out of
it am I the one does he like me does he
this one does he that one no
you need to become securely attached
this is how you do it you need to learn
to regulate your emotions
you need to find a way
to regulate your emotions without that
person telling you that everything's
going to be okay finding a way to
regulate your emotions without somebody
else
is up to you do you want to meditate do
you want to sit with yourself you just
need to not ask people how they feel in
order to make you feel better until it
becomes a practice for yourself you
cannot always rely on somebody else
to fix your emotions you have to have
some kind of Pillar of Strength In
Yourself In order to regulate yourself
secure people trust others you need to
deploy the element of trust if you
decided to be in a relationship with a
person
before it is broken you cannot lead a
relationship from the position of
distrust and seeking a negative in that
person constantly because then you will
find it that's just how life works that
is the magnetism of the universe that is
what it is
so just dispense the idea that you're
somehow going to find that they're
trying to hurt you and just trust them
if you will until they do hurt you if
you're so convinced that they are going
to hurt you fine but just let life flow
until they do what is the point of
living in In Perpetual anxiety hence the
anxious attachment until they hurt you
you might have a good 15 years until
they do why be in that hurt constantly
why always be seeking for something just
trust a person until and if they break
that trust imagine they were never going
to imagine with your actions you've
pushed them away and you lose a
relationship and they were never going
to break your trust imagine that is the
reality
you should be more scared of that
than somebody hurting you because if you
were in your truth and you were correct
and you were in your goodness and then
they are a bad person and they hurt you
when you walk away you can walk away
knowing you've done your best you can
walk away with a clear conscience you
can walk away knowing that you've been
progressing and growing as a person that
whole time and what they do is up to
them not up to you that's on them secure
people have effective communication
skills they say what they desire and
what they want as opposed to searching
for out to people and searching for
inadequacies in people instead of saying
oh why didn't you call me last night
they say I love it when you call me I'd
love it if you called me tomorrow
they see what they want as opposed to
what that person did not do and then
after saying what they want if that
person does not deliver what they want
for months or years they then don't want
to be with that person as opposed to
taking a person who doesn't want to do
these things for you and trying to twist
them into submission and making them do
those things you need to communicate
clearly with your wants and needs as
opposed to playing games secure people
seek emotional support
not validation they say I'm feeling
tired today I'd really love to spend
time with you or I really need your help
on this issue these people that worked
at this they seek emotional support
they watch what is happening and let's
say after two months he just does not
call you and you've been the one calling
him you'll say do you know what I'd love
it if you'd call me sometimes it makes
me feel really happy and it makes me sad
when you don't open clear communication
and they give people a chance secure
people are comfortable being alone you
were born as you and you will die as you
there is nobody who's come into this
world with you unless you're a twin of
course but um and there's no one who's
going to go out at the same time you
need to be on this journey with yourself
you need to have some stoicism
and most of my viewers are women and
you'll see but how does that fit into
emotional and female energy well it does
because you need to be in your feminine
in your power that the feminine is
nature you need to be in nature you need
to be in the equilibrium of life you
need to know that sometimes people will
be with you and sometimes you will be
alone and you need to be comfortable
with that nobody can carry you you need
to carry yourself secure people are not
defensive they this one is a hard one
for me we are all defensive but they
take things with a pinch of salt they
know that not everybody can really see
into you in fact nobody can nobody
really knows you everyone sees you with
a perception of themselves plastered on
it when people ask me why I don't get
offended by what people say about me or
about my lifestyle on the internet
because I actually know that they're not
talking about me how could they possibly
be
they're talking about a microcosm of
what they saw put it together in their
head from their life experiences and
were even a web of what they believed to
be a reality it's got nothing to do with
me so not being defensive they show
empathy secure people share empathy when
it's needed they're there for other
people not because it gives them
something back not because it's going to
be like oh I did that for you I'm going
to get this back because they just do it
they don't expect anything back secure
people know when to compromise and when
to say no they know what their limits
are an anxiously attached person if they
say ask to wash the dishes and they are
at their tether and they're tired they
will say yeah I'll do it just to be
liked and then they'll hate that person
resent them and have a fight and attack
them a securely attached person will say
I'm sorry I'm tired today I can't do it
but I love you and I'll try it tomorrow
or I understand or one of us will figure
it out and they can take the wrath of
somebody or the discomfort of somebody
because they've set their boundaries but
they also know when to compromise
they're not going to go around saying oh
I did this for you I did this for you
they know when they can do something and
when they can't they know their
capabilities
they learn to know themselves they are
straightforward they see how they feel
and they mean what they say they respect
other people's boundaries this is a big
one the thing that annoys me about
people with anxious attachment Styles
and I had one keep that in mind is that
they're disrespectful of people's
boundaries they think just because they
feel anxious just because they feel that
type of way they can bull those people
yeah I know you're not comfortable yeah
I know life is not Rosy I know you want
everybody to make you feel better but
they can't it's not their responsibility
that's not what they were born to do
because whether you like to hear it or
not your emotions probably come up more
often than that person or any person is
capable of dealing with and it's up to
you to deal with them they're your
emotions secure people are free of old
baggage
they don't bring the ex-relationships or
who cheated on who or how they were
treated into this relationship in fact
when you first start dating somebody
don't bring that up it's not important
they don't know you enough to validate
knowing these things about you all in
all I want you to understand that if you
are anxiously attached just not your
fault but if you continue behaving that
way then it is your responsibility you
need to study secure attachment you need
to read the following books attached
att-a-c-h-e-d attached you need to read
getting the love you want I'll link all
these books below
and you need to read how to be an adult
in relationships all these books are
linked below those three books will help
you with your attachment style my Tick
Tock videos will help you with your
attachment Style
I'm going to be creating a course about
feminine energy and overcoming Anxiety
soon
that will probably help you a lot in
your attachment style because I'm
putting a lot into it all in all you
need to practice vulnerability and trust
you need to decide
throw caution to the wind to stop
investigating to stop concentrating on
other people concentrate on yourself
and on your journey you need to practice
mindfulness and be in the moment because
anxiety is all about living in the
future you just need to throw caution to
the wind and be in the moment and you
need to learn about Detachment because
the more you learn the more you will see
the anxious attachment is not you but
it's a style of attachment it is not who
you are it's just how you've learned to
relate
and you can change it and you can be
happy
and even if hits the fan and things
go wrong
you will be fine
if you're securely attached you will
find someone else you will get through
it
and you will be
happy
see you in the next one love you lots
like jelly tops
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