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How to Actually Bond With A Dismissive Avoidant Without Losing Yourself
Start Healing Your Attachment Style & Unlock Your Core Needs. Free for 7 Days + Bonus Course for Life!
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How Do You Actually Bond With a Dismissive Avoidant, Without Losing Yourself?
If you’ve ever felt confused, disconnected, or like you’re walking on eggshells in a relationship with a Dismissive Avoidant, this video is for you. Bonding is possible, but only when it’s done in a way that honors both your needs and theirs.
In this episode, Thais Gibson breaks down the real core needs that make dismissive avoidants feel safe, connected, and bonded, while also showing you how to communicate your own needs without self-abandoning or creating resentment .
In This Video, You’ll Learn:
Why unmet needs quietly starve relationships over time
What Dismissive Avoidants are truly afraid of in closeness
How to communicate needs without triggering withdrawal
Why appreciation, empathy, and understanding matter more than grand gestures
How safety, stability, and certainty create lasting emotional bonds
Key Takeaways:
✔ Dismissive Avoidants bond through clear boundaries, autonomy, and emotional safety
✔ Concrete communication prevents misunderstandings and fear-based withdrawal
✔ Appreciation works best when it’s sincere, specific, and grounded
✔ Empathy and understanding meet deep unmet inner-child needs
✔ Healthy relationships require mutual needs to be acknowledged and met
⏱ Timestamps:
00:00 – What Makes Dismissive Avoidants Feel Bonded?
01:26 – The Significance of Needs
03:04 – 1. Dismissive Avoidants Need a Sense of Autonomy, Independence, and Freedom
05:17 – Needs Course Promo
06:10 – 2. Dismissive Avoidants Want to Feel Understanding in the Relationship
07:16 – 3. Dismissive Avoidants Need Appreciation and Acknowledgement
09:17 – 4. Dismissive Avoidants Need Empathy
10:09 – 5. Dismissive Avoidants Need Certainty, Stability, and Safety
Meet the Host
Thais Gibson is the founder of The Personal Development School and a world leader in attachment theory. With a Ph.D. and over a dozen certifications, she’s helped more than 70,000 people reprogram their subconscious and build thriving relationships.
Helpful Resources:
🧠 Take the Free Attachment Style Quiz
https://attachment.personaldevelopmentschool.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=attachment-quiz&utm_medium=organic&el=podcast
📚 Read the Learning Love Book
https://attachment.personaldevelopmentschool.com/learning-love?utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=learning-love&utm_medium=organic&el=podcast
🎧 Discover Podcast Episodes
https://attachment.personaldevelopmentschool.com/podcast?page=1
📝 Read the PDS Blog
https://blog.personaldevelopmentschool.com/
Let’s Connect on Socials:
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepersonaldevelopmentschool/
📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePersonalDevelopmentSchool
🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thaisgibson
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepersonaldevelopmentschool/
#AttachmentStyles #DismissiveAvoidant #HealingAttachment #PersonalDevelopment #Relationships #EmotionalNeeds #ThaisGibson
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Start Healing Your Attachment Style & Unlock Your Core Needs. Free for 7 Days + Bonus Course for Life!
https://attachment.personaldevelopmentschool.com/dream-life-free-course?utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=dream-life-free-course&utm_medium=organic&utm_term=2iAB3SwfKMY&utm_content=yt-12-17-25&el=podcast
How Do You Actually Bond With a Dismissive Avoidant, Without Losing Yourself?
If you’ve ever felt confused, disconnected, or like you’re walking on eggshells in a relationship with a Dismissive Avoidant, this video is for you. Bonding is possible, but only when it’s done in a way that honors both your needs and theirs.
In this episode, Thais Gibson breaks down the real core needs that make dismissive avoidants feel safe, connected, and bonded, while also showing you how to communicate your own needs without self-abandoning or creating resentment .
In This Video, You’ll Learn:
Why unmet needs quietly starve relationships over time
What Dismissive Avoidants are truly afraid of in closeness
How to communicate needs without triggering withdrawal
Why appreciation, empathy, and understanding matter more than grand gestures
How safety, stability, and certainty create lasting emotional bonds
Key Takeaways:
✔ Dismissive Avoidants bond through clear boundaries, autonomy, and emotional safety
✔ Concrete communication prevents misunderstandings and fear-based withdrawal
✔ Appreciation works best when it’s sincere, specific, and grounded
✔ Empathy and understanding meet deep unmet inner-child needs
✔ Healthy relationships require mutual needs to be acknowledged and met
⏱ Timestamps:
00:00 – What Makes Dismissive Avoidants Feel Bonded?
01:26 – The Significance of Needs
03:04 – 1. Dismissive Avoidants Need a Sense of Autonomy, Independence, and Freedom
05:17 – Needs Course Promo
06:10 – 2. Dismissive Avoidants Want to Feel Understanding in the Relationship
07:16 – 3. Dismissive Avoidants Need Appreciation and Acknowledgement
09:17 – 4. Dismissive Avoidants Need Empathy
10:09 – 5. Dismissive Avoidants Need Certainty, Stability, and Safety
Meet the Host
Thais Gibson is the founder of The Personal Development School and a world leader in attachment theory. With a Ph.D. and over a dozen certifications, she’s helped more than 70,000 people reprogram their subconscious and build thriving relationships.
Helpful Resources:
🧠 Take the Free Attachment Style Quiz
https://attachment.personaldevelopmentschool.com/?utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=attachment-quiz&utm_medium=organic&el=podcast
📚 Read the Learning Love Book
https://attachment.personaldevelopmentschool.com/learning-love?utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=learning-love&utm_medium=organic&el=podcast
🎧 Discover Podcast Episodes
https://attachment.personaldevelopmentschool.com/podcast?page=1
📝 Read the PDS Blog
https://blog.personaldevelopmentschool.com/
Let’s Connect on Socials:
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepersonaldevelopmentschool/
📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePersonalDevelopmentSchool
🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thaisgibson
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thepersonaldevelopmentschool/
#AttachmentStyles #DismissiveAvoidant #HealingAttachment #PersonalDevelopment #Relationships #EmotionalNeeds #ThaisGibson
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