Hi Christy. I think that’s one of the cool things about psychology research — it scientifically explores many of the things we know intuitively to some extent. Thanks for reading and commenting! 🙂

I could seriously click on link after link of awesome content on this site – article titles that echo a ‘hunch’ I’ve long held but had yet to flesh out. Makes total sense that a partner who is unsure of him/herself cannot possibly give affection freely, as at the back of the mind is always going to be the risk of rejection. Yet another piece of proof that we cannot expect to join ourselves to another until we’ve cleaned out all of the junk from the attic. There’s simply no shortcut to attic cleaning. It can be faked for only so long, and in the end, ‘faking’the fact that your demons are dealt with can only result in hurt on both ends.