# C202003112010: What is anxious attachment Cross link * 202003112020: What is emotional fusion? BackLink * 202003092023: Chapter 4. Bowen Family Systems Therapy #Booknote * Bowen think that underlying cause for psychological issues is emotional fusion, which is based on anxious attachment (manifested as dependency or isolation). A person with anxious attachment respond to stress with emotional reactivity. * "According to Bowen, the underlying factor in the genesis of psychological problems is emotional fusion, passed down from one generation to the next. The greater the fusion, the more one is programmed by primitive emotional forces, and the more vulnerable to the emotionality of others. * Emotional fusion is based on anxious attachment, which may be manifest either as dependency or isolation. Both the overly dependent and the emotionally isolated person respond with emotional reactivity to stress. p82” Note: People with anxious attachment will either depend on you or distant from you. Either way, they react emotionally. Question: * How come they become anxious attachment? * Is this related to attachment theories? * There are four categories of attachment patterns: secure attachment and two types of insecure attachment, avoidant attachment and anxious attachment. The fourth attachment category, known as disorganized attachment, occurs when no organized strategy is formed. * Anxious Attachment: Understanding Insecure Anxious Attachment * Developmental Theories * 20180817_Developmental Theories Object Relations Theories