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  1. Sep 2022
    1. Adult attachment

      adult attachment is guided by the assumption that the same motivational system that gives rise to the close emotional bond between parents and their children is responsible for the bond that develops between adults in emotionally intimate relationships.

    2. I counterintuitively found that by plunging into that difficult territory

      Johnsons assertions complicate messages I have received about romantic love because she strongly believe that almost all relationships can be improved or even fixed by this therapy

    3. The attachment perspective tells us who we are and what we need to thrive

      Johnsons assertions are similar from the text before because she also believes that love is complicated

    4. We are making progress

      I believe Johnson would the answer the course inquiry question with motivation. I think she believes love is a very complicated feeling and that it can come be shown in many different ways. I think she would also say that almost everyone can fix their love once they have found it

    5. The basic building block of family stability – love – is recognised as a source of happiness and life satisfaction

      This reminds me of the text from the university of how love works. Almost all aspects they wrote connects to the idea that everyone needs love and will have love at least once in their life

    6. mother called it a ‘funny five minutes’ never to be trusted

      This reminds me of some of my friends who went through hard relationships. It is crazy how people loose their connection with their feelings.

    7. I counterintuitively found that by plunging into that difficult territory

      It may be a good way to see the problem so it can be resolved but couldn't it bring up more issues in the relationship?

    8. The idea that we are better together, sharing the load, is a physiological fact, not a sentimental statement

      interesting how she bold quotes also as subtitles to the next paragraph