Thais Gibson explains attachment theory from John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth, clarifying that attachment styles aren't fixed personality traits but learned rules about love that can change. An avoidant style develops in families that discourage emotional expression and reward self-reliance, operating like the rule set of a board game.
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Attachment theory, the body of work, was originally developed by John Bowlby and then later Mary Ainsworth, but they talked a lot about your attachment style but not that you can change your attachment style. And I think something that's really relevant is your attachment style, it's not like a Cluster B personality disorder. It's not the same kind of like really, really intense deep roots with so much trauma per se, but it's sort of your subconscious set of rules that you've learned about love. So if you're more avoidant, for example, you usually grew up in a family where you learned everybody should take care of themselves and we don't really talk about emotions. And then if you pair that person with tons of emotions. So it's sort of like having a board game and you have different rules for how the board game works. Like you have the rules for not— Yeah, exactly.