Your Relationship Blueprint

Attachment theory proposes that the way your caregivers responded to your needs early in life helps shape a blueprint for later relationships. If your needs were consistently met, you developed secure attachment — comfort with closeness and independence.

Your attachment style is not a life sentence. It is a starting point for self-understanding. About half of adults are securely attached. The rest fall into anxious, avoidant, or disorganized patterns shaped in early childhood.