Fearful-Avoidant vs. Anxious Attachment: Same Fear, Different Strategy

Anxious-preoccupied and fearful-avoidant attachment are constantly confused.

Why?

Because both can fear abandonment.

But when that fear gets activated, their strategies can look completely different.

Anxious-preoccupied tends to move toward connection.

Fearful-avoidant can move toward AND away from connection simultaneously.

That push-pull pattern is one of the biggest clues.

And here's the part worth remembering: your attachment style isn't a permanent identity.

You can learn new patterns.

You can build security.

You can heal.

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