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Anxious Ambivalent Attachment Style and How It Affects Your Relationships

Attachment styles are how we form bonds with other people. This starts at birth, beginning with how you bonded with your parents and caregivers in childhood, particularly in the first 18 months of life. This strongly affects your self-worth, your ability to show care, and how you relate to the world as an adult.