Disorganized Attachment

Causes

Caregiver was both source of comfort and source of fear

Traits

Chronic dysregulation

Seeks extreme intimacy, but unable to tolerate it

Suspicious of others’ motives

Chaotic, unpredictable

Attachment Strategies

Switches between hyperactivating strategies and deactivating strategies

How Experienced by Others

Mixed signals, confusing

Underlying Beliefs

Low view of self; low view of others

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