Attachment Styles
TRUE OR FALSE?
Partners in a relationship can influence each other’s attachment styles, either negatively or positively.
What is true?
Self-compassion is treating yourself with the same kindness and ___ you would offer a good friend when they are struggling.
What is understanding?
The Four Horsemen are behaviors that escalate conflict and damage a ___.
What is relationship?
___ is the fundamental necessity of life that most people take for granted.
What is breathing?
___ are what make us human, and everyone has a full range of them.
What are emotions?
Engages in healthy relationships with good intimacy, communication, and autonomy. Expresses needs well, trusts their partner, and finds the relationship fulfilling.
What is secure attachment?
___ ___ is about taking action to protect, provide, and motivate ourselves towards what we need to thrive.
What is fierce self-compassion?
Shutting down, going silent, or withdrawing during difficult conversations.
What is stonewalling?
___ is shallow and often irregular and rapid.
What is chest or thoracic breathing?
____ emotions increase physical stress and increase the risk of developing certain illnesses.
What is ignoring?
Tends to avoid intimacy, vulnerability, and commitment, often spending time away from their partner.
What is avoidant attachment style?
___ ___ is about accepting ourselves as we are, even in moments of pain or imperfection, to ease our suffering.
What is tender self-compassion?
Responding to problems with blame, judgement, or personal attacks.
What is criticism?
The natural breathing of newborn babies and sleeping adults.
What is abdominal or diaphragmatic breathing?
When people take their anger out on somebody with whom they are not really angry with.
What is shifting anger?
Worries about their partner’s availability and commitment. Often feels incomplete without their partner and may seek excessive reassurance or struggle with jealousy.
What is anxious attachment?
The three elements of self-compassion are...
What is mindfulness, common humanity, and kindness?
___ are healthier communication skills that gently replace each of the 4 horsemen.
What is the antidotes?
Rapid chest breathing is recognized as ___.
What is hyperventilation?
"You ALWAYS mess up our plans" is an example of...
What is exaggerating the issue?
Simultaneously desires and distrusts intimacy with their partner, resulting in contradictory, inconsistent behavior.
What is anxious-avoidant attachment style?
Fierce self-compassion consists of...
(hint - it consists of 3 elements)
What is protecting, providing, and motivating?
___ is one of the most damaging behaviors in a relationship.
What is contempt?
The ______ ______ is able to do its job of producing energy from oxygen and removing waste products.
___ is being self-assured and confident without being aggressive.
What is assertiveness?