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Relationship and Attachment Codes

The rules that shape closeness, distance, reassurance and self-protection

The same relationship can hold a conscious wish for closeness and an automatic rule that treats closeness, need or honesty as a risk.

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01

Closeness and exposure

Codes that make being known feel less safe as intimacy grows.

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Love = Loss of Self

You enjoy closeness, then feel a sudden need to create distance.

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LoveAccess preserved

Distance = Safety

Tests, overcontrols, or withholds openness to prevent anticipated hurt.

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BetrayalAccess preserved

Closeness = Betrayal

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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IntimacyAccess preserved

Closeness = Exposure

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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LoveAccess preserved

Receiving Love = Exposure

Avoids clear emotional asks and defaults to protective patterns over direct connection.

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Receiving MoneyAccess preserved

Receiving = Exposure

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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DependenceAccess preserved

Independence = Love

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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02

Loss and abandonment

Codes that prepare for separation before it happens.

LoveAccess preserved

Abandonment = My Fault

Scans for signs of loss, seeks reassurance, and pulls back from direct vulnerability.

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RejectionAccess preserved

Rejection = Abandonment

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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AngerAccess preserved

Anger = Loss of Love

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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LoveAccess preserved

Boundaries = Abandonment

Avoids clear emotional asks and defaults to protective patterns over direct connection.

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AskingAccess preserved

Receiving Help = Loss of Control

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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Receiving CriticismAccess preserved

Criticism = Rejection

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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LoveAccess preserved

Abandonment = Inevitable

Scans for signs of loss, seeks reassurance, and pulls back from direct vulnerability.

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03

Receiving support

Codes that complicate need, help and interdependence.

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Asking For Help = Dependence

You wait until the situation is urgent before telling anyone you need help.

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Receiving = Burden

Declining offers of support, payment, or help

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LoveAccess preserved

Receiving = Trap

Tests, overcontrols, or withholds openness to prevent anticipated hurt.

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LoveAccess preserved

Receiving = Owing

Avoids clear emotional asks and defaults to protective patterns over direct connection.

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receivingAccess preserved

Receiving = Weakness

Refusing financial help even when it would allow meaningful growth

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DepressionAccess preserved

Support = Unsafe

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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Receiving MoneyAccess preserved

Receiving = Control

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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04

Control and protection

Codes that use distance, tests or certainty to manage relational risk.

MoneyAccess preserved

Control = Safety

You redo somebody else's financial task rather than let their method differ from yours.

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TrustAccess preserved

Trust = Loss of Control

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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SafetyAccess preserved

Safety = Control

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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BetrayalAccess preserved

Trust = Loss of Self

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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ConsentAccess preserved

Consent = Control Loss

Avoids situations that would test this pattern directly.

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