Psychologyspeaking topic
Attachment styles: the anxiously attached person fights for closeness while the avoidant one suffocates in that same closeness. Why do these two keep attracting each other while running from each other at the same time?
— attachment theory (Bowlby, Ainsworth)
practice with this topic
Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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