On Attachment

#27: 5 Reasons You Might Be Attracted to Unavailable People

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Sep 28, 2022
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INSIGHT

Attraction Mirrors Core Beliefs

  • People seek unavailable partners because those partners mirror their core beliefs of low worth.
  • Stephanie Rigg explains that repeating these relationships reinforces stories like I am unworthy and keeps your worldview intact.
ADVICE

Rewrite Your Core Beliefs About Worth

  • Rewrite core beliefs by actively building new internal pathways of worthiness.
  • Rigg advises auditing and upgrading self-beliefs to avoid reenacting relationships that reinforce low self-worth.
INSIGHT

Family Blueprint Shapes Partner Choice

  • Adults often choose partners resembling their family of origin because early caregiver dynamics set their relational blueprint.
  • Rigg ties attachment theory to this, noting unavailable parents create familiarity with emotional inconsistency in later partners.
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