The Attachment Mirror

See Your Patterns Clearly. Heal Your Relationships Deeply.

Before you begin

Four ways of relating

Attachment theory describes broad tendencies in how people experience closeness, trust, and separation. These are not boxes to live in — they're starting points for noticing your own patterns.

Secure

Comfortable with intimacy, trust, and communication, while still holding a stable sense of self. Secure tendencies allow closeness and independence to coexist.

Anxious

May strongly seek reassurance, feel sensitive to rejection, or notice heightened awareness of small shifts in someone else's closeness or mood.

Dismissive-Avoidant

May value independence strongly, feel most comfortable relying on themselves, and find too much emotional intensity uncomfortable.

Fearful-Avoidant

May simultaneously want closeness and fear it, creating a push-pull pattern — moving toward connection, then pulling back to feel safe.

Attachment exists on a spectrum, not in fixed categories. People may show different patterns depending on the relationship, the situation, and the stage of life they're in.

The quiz

Find your strongest pattern

Answer honestly rather than aspirationally — there's no pattern that's better to have than another. It usually takes about six minutes.

A note before you start: this quiz is designed for self-reflection and educational purposes. It is not a clinical assessment or diagnosis, and your patterns can shift across relationships and over time.