Let’s Get Vulnerable: Relationship and Dating Advice

EP 334: Is it Love Addiction or an Anxious Attachment Style?

05.17.2023 - By Dr. Morgan AndersonPlay

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This episode was inspired by a conversation I overheard from two women.  They were talking about: “Love Addiction and Sex Addiction.”  Is it really an addiction, or is it your attachment style?  Oftentimes anxious attachment FEELS like an addiction.  Inside this episode I unpack:  Anxious Attachment Strategies for Reassurance Anxious / Avoidant Relationship Traps The challenges faced by anxiously attached folks when seeking reassurance

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