Minds Unleashed

How Your Mind Shapes Attachment Styles


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Have you ever wondered why you react the way you do in relationships? 🤔 Dive deep with us as we explore how attachment styles, rooted in early interactions with caregivers, profoundly influence our emotional bonds and relationships. Discover the neuroscience behind attachment styles, and uncover the role of brain structures and neurotransmitters in shaping our attachment patterns.
🕰️ Video Chapters
01:59 - Regions of brain that process emotions
03:44 - Why people forget their childhood memories
06:00 - Why kids learn faster than adults
07:29 - Connections with your primary caregiver as a child
08:55 - Drugs and dopamine
10:40 - Oxytocin, Cortisol and Dopamine
15:15 - Physiological and chemical responses to attachment styles
19:26 - Attachment styles can change
21:18 - Grass analogy for neuropathways
22:24 - Genetics and environment
26:37 - Decisions for yourself to be better
📖 Sources
- Attached Book: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find and Keep Love Book by Amir Levine and Rachel S. F. Heller
- Neural basis underlying traits of attachment anxiety and avoidance study by BMC: https://bmcneurosci.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12868-021-00617-4
- Brain plasticity and behaviour in the developing behaviour by NCBI: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222570/
- Stress and cognitive function study by NIH: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7620309/
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