A Popular—And Misunderstood—Theory of Relationships
We’re using the concept of “attachment styles” all wrong.
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Like astrology signs and the Enneagram, the psychological framework of attachment theory has become a popular blueprint for understanding the self. But as my colleague Faith Hill wrote last weekend in The Atlantic, the four attachment “types” aren’t as cut-and-dried as they may seem. In fact, the whole theory is widely misunderstood.
First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.
