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The Attachment Style That’s Been Ignored for 80 Years

The Attachment Style That’s Been Ignored for 80 Years

Update: 2025-07-18
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Attachment style plays a bigger role in your relationships than you think, especially when it’s the one no one talks about.


In this episode, Adam explore the long-ignored freeze attachment style, rooted in fearful-avoidant patterns. After surviving childhood trauma, narcissistic abuse, and three failed marriages, Corina shares how this attachment style shaped her life and how she’s learning to heal.


Topics Covered:

👉 What the freeze attachment style looks like in real life

👉 How fearful-avoidant attachment develops through trauma

👉 Why some attachment styles cause emotional shutdown or mutism

👉 How attachment style impacts communication and intimacy

👉 Rebuilding relationships after narcissistic abuse

👉 Parenting teens with different attachment needs

👉 Tools for communicating with partners who shut down emotionally

👉 Reframing your identity and rebuilding self-worth


If you enjoyed watching this episode, you might love 'Why She Doesn’t Want You (Even If She Loves You) '. Watch here:  https://youtu.be/aUMUEbwcVuo


Need more help with your attachment? Work with Adam: www.adamlanesmith.com 


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The next episode drops Thursday :)

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The Attachment Style That’s Been Ignored for 80 Years

The Attachment Style That’s Been Ignored for 80 Years

Adam Lane Smith & Andrey Korikov