Insecure-avoidant attachment is linked to more independent behavior but also suppressed emotional needs. Insecure-resistant (or ambivalent) attachment is linked with clinginess and anxiety.

Insecure Resistant. Credit: Eli Harwood. For those who grew up with inconsistent caregivers, the insecure resistant attachment style may resonate with you, says Harwood.

Insecure attachment increases the risk of developmental problems, such as conduct problems, depressive symptoms and anxiety. But as many as 40%-50% of all children in the total population are ...

Most people retain a consistent attachment style starting in childhood, and they keep replicating that in their relationships, and then those relationships reinforce it. HR: The anxious/avoidant ...

And yet, attachment trends signify something else—distrust not just in hypothetical, nameless Americans, but in one’s colleagues and neighbors, and even friends, partners, and parents.

These insecure attachment styles are often rooted in trauma caused by the things you didn’t get from your parents as a child, says Clark. Doing the Internal Work .