Secure attachment
Closeness usually feels manageable, needs can be expressed, and repair after conflict remains possible.
Explore secure attachment →Attachment styles
Four attachment styles, understood through real relationship moments
Attachment patterns describe how closeness, uncertainty, conflict, and emotional dependence may feel in intimate relationships. They are tendencies, not permanent identities.
Anxious attachment
Ambiguity may feel threatening, making reassurance and clear signs of connection especially important.
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Avoidant attachment
Increasing emotional closeness may create pressure, making distance and self-reliance feel protective.
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Fearful-avoidant attachment
The need for connection and the fear of rejection or loss of control may pull in opposite directions.
Explore fearful-avoidant attachment →Attachment anxiety
This dimension reflects how strongly uncertainty, distance, or signs of rejection may activate worry about losing connection.
- Reading into changes in tone
- Wanting quick reassurance
- Feeling uneasy when plans remain unclear
Attachment avoidance
This dimension reflects how strongly emotional dependence, vulnerability, or intense closeness may create a need for distance.
- Preferring to handle distress alone
- Shutting down during emotional conflict
- Feeling crowded by repeated reassurance requests
Your profile
Most people are more nuanced than a single label.
The test combines both dimensions and the situations where your reactions are strongest.