Our attachment need—the need for the comfort and safety of our loved ones—requires us to know where they are. As I progressed from being an undergraduate to graduate school, I moved to a new university in a different town. My mother felt very strongly about coming to visit me in my new place. “I need to be able to visualize you where you are now,” she said. It helped her to feel closer to me, and I think mapping where I was made her miss me less in my absence.
