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Why does healthy love sometimes feel suffocating? In this episode, we're exploring one of the biggest misconceptions behind avoidant attachment: the belief that feeling trapped automatically means something is wrong with the relationship. Together, we'll unpack how childhood experiences, attachment wounds, and our nervous system can cause us to mistake closeness for control, compromise for self-neglect, and normal relationship needs for losing ourselves. You'll learn how to distinguish between the prison created by your own mind and a relationship that is genuinely unhealthy—so you can begin…
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LET’S TALK ATTACHMENTS
Jessica Da Silva, LMFT · Learning · English
I’m Jessica Da Silva—a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Attachment Coach, and author—here to help you transform the way you experience love through practical, relatable insight. Along with breaking down attachment styles in an easy-to-understand way, I share my own personal journey of moving
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