While the events that lead to love, marriage, affairs and divorce can often feel arbitrary, for psychologists there is a definitive science behind why some relationships work and some just don’t. In ...

Over time, attachment theory has become a popular concept. It is a very useful way to understand our relationship behaviours.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The rise of therapy-speak has paved the way for attachment styles to become a mainstay in daily ...

Do you find yourself hyperfixating on whether your partner is upset with you? Do you feel as though you're constantly nagging at your significant other in search of affection? Or maybe you're the ...

Are you anxious, avoidant or secure? What’s rarely discussed is whether people can switch from one camp to another. People wear their “anxious” labels as if they’re fixed for good, but that isn’t ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. We all want a love that’s easy, or at least one that doesn’t ...

Would you ever cheat on your partner? Your values, attitudes, and adult brain may very well say no. But what about your automatic, subconscious thoughts and your emotional system? They may have ...

Dating used to be fuzzy. Unpredictable. Now it comes with a glossary. TikTok therapists seem to be dictating emotional outcomes from on high. Profiles list attachment styles before you even get a “hi.

An anxious-avoidant relationship creates a painful push-and-pull dynamic where one partner craves closeness while the other ...

A dating book helped Nicola Prentis realize she had a pattern for dating men who pull away. Using ChatGPT, she rewrote her Hinge profile to dodge the "avoidant" men the book described. Now, even with ...