Anxious-Preoccupied Attachment

These people are high in their desire for emotional and physical closeness, but also high in their insecurity and anxiety about their relationship.

• Negative view of themselves and positive view of others
• Have a strong pull towards emotional and physical closeness
• Often feel that they want to be closer and more intimate with others, and that others often don’t reciprocate this desire with the same intensity
• Can often experience anxiety and even distrust when they spend time apart from their partner
• Worry that they may be too much or need too much from others
• Fear and show sensitivity to abandonment and rejection in a relationship
• Can become overly dependent on partners
• Can have high levels of emotional expression and worry, and often exhibit signs of emotion dysregulation and impulsivity in the relationship
• In arguments, they are more likely to persist and pursue the person they are arguing with