The Dismissive Avoidant Attachment Style & How Childhood Traumas Can Result in Dysfunctional Behaviors in Adult Relationships: Learn Your Triggers & Begin to Heal

Written by Dr. Christine Chin-Sim, Ph.D.

Narrated by John Applemore

As a relationship and life coach, I’ve seen firsthand how entrenched ways of behaving, as a result of childhood trauma, can result in toxic and unhealthy relationships. These unhealthy relationships can leave one or both partners bruised and battered from chronic emotional abuse. Many become closed-off toward any prospect of having their heart ripped out, from yet another toxic relationship. Others, find themselves having the same types of relationship with different partners and asking the question, “Why do I keep attracting the same man/woman over and over again?”

As children, our experiences dictated how we attached to our caregivers. Unfortunately, how we attach to our caregivers, have also proven to be an indicator of how we now experience our close adult relationships; especially romantic ones.

In this book, I will be focusing on the Dismissive Avoidant Attachment Style, and how this style of attachment now dictates how this individual interacts with their significant others in romantic relationships.

Attachment styles affect every type of relationship, however, the effects are further magnified in romantic relationships, because of the lack of emotional intelligence and depth, this attachment style is challenged with.

In this book, you will learn how to identify the dismissive avoidant attachment style individual, some of the challenges they face in their relationships, and finally, given you some tools (exercises) to help move you toward a more secure way of experiencing relationships.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Leverage4change Coaching & Consulting
• Release date: Oct 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669643395

Reviews for The Dismissive Avoidant Attachment Style & How Childhood Traumas Can Result in Dysfunctional Behaviors in Adult Relationships

[Joshua McAllister · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book describes my last relationship partner to the T. It is so sad and yet compelling just how some people keep walls up despite providing words to the contrary... Behaviors from my partner where she responded as if I was going to be hurtful when I was offering loving insight... Shutting down for a whole week and being emotionally and verbally distant if she didn't lime something, rather than say "hey, I dont like that. That doesn't feel good. Or feel right. Let's pause a minute and talk about it."

She became passive aggressive and made the relationship nonexistent over a very, very short period. It crushed me. I was so invested and felt genuine feelings of love, care, affection... Friendship.

In the end, listening to this audio book validates what I already recognized but was not as acutely aware of all the ins and outs. Makes perfect sense. My partner's father died when she was 12 and her mother basically was emotionally cold and invalidating about her daughter's feelings and concerns. Then after a husband gave her three kids with very little closeness between the couple.. He died, leaving her to pick men who were easy to snag but couldn't hold themselves in their own frame...

Then me, the strong, wise, smart, funny California guy who loves quantum physics and building forts in the woods... No. She couldn't handle that I wanted her to open up to me. That I wanted to know the real her, behind her use of cannabis and psychedelic mushrooms, late night concerts and endless mother duties....