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A08 - The Anxious Personality - Notes

The document discusses how childhood experiences can lead to an anxious personality. It describes attachment theory and how different types of emotional mirroring from caregivers in childhood can result in secure, insecure-anxious, insecure-avoidant, or disorganized attachment styles. Examples of personality disorders that may develop from severe attachment issues are also provided.

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A08 - The Anxious Personality - Notes

The document discusses how childhood experiences can lead to an anxious personality. It describes attachment theory and how different types of emotional mirroring from caregivers in childhood can result in secure, insecure-anxious, insecure-avoidant, or disorganized attachment styles. Examples of personality disorders that may develop from severe attachment issues are also provided.

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Dr.

K's Guide to Mental Health


Anxiety Module | The Anxious Personality | Notes

Some people have an anxious personality that develops through childhood experiences. What we
learn in childhood shapes our comprehension of the world and how we view relationships. Children
pick up on the emotional responses from caregivers. Based on the facial expressions of the people
around them, they generate an understanding of the world. In Attachment Theory, the type of
emotional mirroring children receive determines their attachment style and explains how some
people develop an anxious personality.

Type of Emotional
Attachment Style Personality
Mirroring Received

Consistent and Secure • Allows them to "learn the rules of the game"
appropriate responses so the world is consistent and safe
to a child's needs • Fosters confidence
• Become adventurers, can explore, and can
return to caregiver if there is a problem

Poor responses, child Insecure • Wires for life on "very hard difficulty"
receives inappropriate • Increases the tendency to predict danger and
emotional responses worry
• Sees danger in safe places which translates
into a high level of worry over benign things

Inconsistent Anxious-Ambivalent • Knows that others are capable of love, but


emotional response can't quite figure out what the rules of the
from caregivers game are
• Mixed feelings towards people; sometimes
isolating, pushing people away, or craving
social connection; craves affection but builds
walls
• Can get angry at others for not being
emotionally available to them, but does not
know how to ask people for help
• Develops protective shell to "not care" about
relationships because relationships can hurt

Unavailable, no Avoidant • Learned that emotional displays are not


response to emotional acceptable; being told to "toughen up" or "stop
needs being a baby" when displaying emotions
• Feels the need to be a pillar; cold and
emotionless on the inside

HEALTHY GAMER ©2021


Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health
Anxiety Module | The Anxious Personality | Notes

In cases of severe attachment issues, sometimes these will manifest fully as what we call a
“personality disorder,” which is when your brain gets wired a particular way that impairs function.

Examples of personality disorders are:

Borderline Personality Disorder – These people are afraid of abandonment and rejection. Also
characterized by a poor sense of internal identity, so the way they are treated fills in the void.
When people treat them well, they feel amazing, and when they perceive rejection, they feel
incredibly hurt.
Can feel very anxious based on abandonment or rejection. They can also feel extremely
depressed, even be suicidal.
People often feel like they are “bipolar” because they have a lot of swings in their mood.

Narcissism – People are insecure about their worth on the inside, so have to get external
validation from the outside.

Dependent Personality – People who are overly dependent on others to make decisions. They
need the approval of others and are codependent. Can feel intense anxiety when other people
aren’t around to help them make decisions.

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