Jesse, Thank you for your great post on the ambivalent attachment style! I enjoyed how you described the ambivalent individual’s methods used in an attempt to save themselves from rejection, such as latching on and clinging to others. You mentioned their low perception of self as the spring of their expectation of abandonment. I would just add the root of their perception of self and others during a childhood of inconsistency. The ambivalent style normally grows up in an emotionally confusing atmosphere, never quite knowing how their primary caregiver would react. They believe when their parents or loved ones tell them that they are loved, yet are then met with abandonment or rejection by those same people. This leads to the belief that