Social Elevation
Attachment Theory
How you learned love before you could talk.
Grounded in the research on attachment theory
the gist
Attachment theory says your earliest bonds with caregivers set a template for how you do closeness as an adult — and that template runs your relationships mostly on autopilot.
the science
Founded by John Bowlby and tested by Mary Ainsworth's 'Strange Situation' experiment with infants. It produced the main styles: secure, anxious (preoccupied), avoidant (dismissive), and disorganized (fearful) — a mix of both.