Reviews tagging Toxic relationship
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love, by Amir Levine
5 reviews
bill369's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.5
I saw good responses to this book on the internet.
Great book about the attachment theory. As an introduction flawless, however, I would find it rather dull if I was more advanced. The thoughts were repeating which led to me learning yet it made the book more tedious.
Page 15, avoidant bond.
odstrkoval ji od sebe právě proto, že cítil rostoucí blizkost a intimitu.
Page 29, the basic meaning of emotional bond.
Jestliže se chcete vydat na cestu k nezávislosti a spokojenosti, nechoďte sami; najděte si nejprve partneera, se kterým si na této cestě budete navzájem „krýt záda“. Ve chvíli, kdy porozumíte této větě, můžete si být jistí, že jste pochopili hlavní smysl teorie attachmentu.
I'm glad I read this book.
Great book about the attachment theory. As an introduction flawless, however, I would find it rather dull if I was more advanced. The thoughts were repeating which led to me learning yet it made the book more tedious.
Page 15, avoidant bond.
Spoiler
Výsledky mnoha výzkumů ukazovaly, že jeho chování je výslednicí dvou protikladných potřeb – být v blízkém vztahu a udržet si svého partnera „od těla“. Nešlo o to, že by Tamaru „nemiloval“ nebo že by si myslel, že „není dost dobrá“ (to si o sobě myslela Tamara). Naopak –Page 29, the basic meaning of emotional bond.
Spoiler
Pokud bychom chtěli popsat základní význam citového pouta v dospělosti jednou větou, zněla by asi takto:I'm glad I read this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship
zombiezami's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
reflective
4.0
This was a really helpful and approachable introduction to the topic of attachment styles. I understand my own attachment style better, and I can better understand why certain past relationships happened the way that they did.
The book is rather heteronormative, though. Also, I feel like, by focusing on attachment styles as a sole cause of friction in relationships, they overlook when conflicts are a result of outright abuse, rather than incompatibility or different intimacy needs. The relationship with Craig in Chapter 10 strikes me as very verbally abusive, for example.
I also wish that the authors had gone into more detail about the anxious-avoidant attachment style. Other than saying it was really rare, they didn't seem to give many (or any) examples of it.
The book is rather heteronormative, though. Also, I feel like, by focusing on attachment styles as a sole cause of friction in relationships, they overlook when conflicts are a result of outright abuse, rather than incompatibility or different intimacy needs. The relationship with Craig in Chapter 10 strikes me as very verbally abusive, for example.
I also wish that the authors had gone into more detail about the anxious-avoidant attachment style. Other than saying it was really rare, they didn't seem to give many (or any) examples of it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Sexism, and Gaslighting
Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, Cursing, and Pregnancy
vivikasweiven's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse
becksusername's review
informative
medium-paced
3.5
This book was very enlightening to me, though I felt there was a lot of redundant/over-explained information
Content Warnings
Minor: Toxic relationship
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