Definition of Dismissive Avoidant Attachment
We all have an attachment style in close relationships, dismissive avoidant being one. In fact, our attachment styles start from infancy.
People's attachment styles fall into four categories based on where the results appear on the table.
Dismissive Avoidant Attachment is one such type of insecure attachment.
People who are dismissing in their relationships are also not comfortable opening up to others and depending on or having others depend on them. In addition, they are not concerned with the question of whether the other person truly cares about them.
Dismissive Avoidant Attachment is not a disorder, it is different from avoidance personality disorder, but people who have a strong attachment style are likely to have mental health problems.
Four Attachment Styles
Fearful avoidant attachment - High Avoidance & High Anxiety “I am somewhat uncomfortable getting close to others.” “I want emotionally close relation- ships, but I find it difficult to trust people completely, and I often worry that they will leave me.” “I sometimes worry that I will be hurt if I allow myself to become too close to other people.”
Secure attachment - Low Avoidance & Low Anxiety "It is relatively easy for me to become emo- tionally close to others." "I am comfortable depending on others and having others depend on me." "I don't worry about being alone or others not accepting me."
Preoccupied attachment - Low Avoidance & High Anxiety “I want to be completely emotionally intimate with others, but I often find that others are reluctant to get as close as I would like.” “I feel uncomfortable without close relation- ships, but I sometimes worry that others don't value me as much as I value them.”
Dismissive avoidant attachment - High Avoidance & Low Anxiety “I am comfortable without close emotional relationships.” “It is important to me to feel independent and self-sufficient.” “I prefer not to depend on others or have others depend on me.”
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