“You now live in suspense, anticipating that next small remark or gesture that will reassure you. After living like this for a while, you start to do something interesting. You start to equate the anxiety, the preoccupation, the obsession, and those ever-so-short bursts of joy with love. What you’re really doing is equating an activated attachment system with passion.”
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Amir Levine,
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love
