Often people rationalize staying attached to a situation that is making them extremely unhappy and anxious because they understand the rationale behind the other person's unwillingness to commit.
However, once some incident, challenging situation, or disharmony is making us want to let go, then it's already been picked up and is affecting us, so letting go doesn't always work: We can still be feeling the anger, frustration, hurt, or whatever emotion is attached to the situation.
As I was pushed towards his bedroom my heart sank this was not quite the no-strings-attached situation that I had pictured.
"In strange situations, attached individuals seek to stay close to their carer, show signs of distress when they are separated and demonstrate pleasure when their attachment figure returns, but these trends weren't apparent during our research".
Due to the urge attached to such situations, the proposed methodology is able to produce such maps in a limited amount of time.
These can include stereotypes, non-authentic theories or names attached to specific situations.
After all, when we consider, say, an equation denoting a physical law, or an economic trend, there is not one specific context or situation that is attached to those abstract objects, even the situation(s) that first led to their creation.
In Kate Tsang's delightful 15-minute short, So You've Grown Attached, the situation is viewed from a unique perspective.
This study showed that the variations in caring arrangements for a husband with advanced illness, depends on the relationship of the carer with the patient; on family situations, values attached to role expectations and commitments to other responsibilities.
It is the thoughts that we attach to the situation that make us suffer.
Mothers whose infants were later classified as securely attached in the Ainsworth Strange Situation had higher PPBS scores than mothers of infants classified as insecurely attached (mean ± SD: 5.18 ± 1.51 vs 4.63 ± 1.69, respectively, P <.05).
