What is the overlap between insecure attachment and CPTSD?
In my opinion, any child who isn’t able to turn to their parent for soothing is going to develop CPTSD on some level, because that is a chronically stressful situation. So I think the Dismissive-Avoidant and Fearful-Avoidant styles are very likely to also have CPTSD. Anxious-Preoccupied maybe as well, depending on the individual, but AP generally did get some co-regulation with their caregiver, and trusted them.
Think about how helpless babies are, and how easily they go into distress. If a parent isn’t there, attuned to them, they will very easily become dysregulated because they aren’t old enough to regulate their own nervous system. So even though DA may look self-sufficient, that anxiety is all there under the surface.
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