Attachment Theory in Relationships: Useful Tools to Increase Stability and Build Happy and Lasting Bonds. A Journey from Childhood to Adulthood

How does the choice of one's partner take place?Do you see the same patterns of behaviour emerge in yourself and in your relationships over and over again?Do you make noble efforts to grow the relationship, but find that it gets stuck in the same place for months or even years? Or, conversely, do you find yourself running away as soon as the relationship turns into something deeper?Whether we are aware of it or not, our childhood experiences play a huge role in shaping the kind of person we become. The relationships we had as children with our parents, or whoever looked after us, have a profound effect on how we react to certain situations in our lives and how we interact with the people around us.As young children, we instinctively respond to the kind of love and support offered by our parents or guardians. Later in life, when we become adults, these patterns that come from early experiences become life scripts, cognitive maps that are generalised and extended to others and, in partic