Posted by Twinleaf on January 26, 2014, at 16:06:43
In reply to Re: Attachment Theory?, posted by alexandra_k on January 25, 2014, at 22:29:54
Don't you think that everyone is slightly different in how much or little engagement they want to have at a given moment, and that there are major differences in how much is right for each person over the long-term as well?
I think engagement is especially stressful for people on the autistic spectrum because of their relative lack of mirror neurons, making it harder for them to know what is going on in the other person's mind -I guess harder for the two right hemispheres to engage. I think it would be very difficult to distinguish that from an avoidant style of attachment caused by early misattuned, stressful encounters with a dysregulated mother.
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