Dismissing-Avoidant Attachment Style (Chapter 1)

Dismissing-Avoidant Attachment Style (Chapter 1)
The type of attachment style one develops during childhood, plays an important role in one’s future intimate relationships. Dismissing-avoidant attachment style in adults is characterized by individuals lacking the need to have close intimate relationships with others in their lives. Individuals that possess this type of attachment are usually self-reliant in their daily lives lacking the need of support from others. This type of attachment style in adults is not considered to be a constructive attachment style in adults, but rather a destructive style. Understanding one’s type of attachment style is important to know, as it allows one to foresee the possible outcome of how future intimate relationships may or may not be in one’s life.
Jim Parsons who plays the character of Sheldon Cooper portrays an adult that has the characteristics of the dismissive-avoidant attachment style. In the beginning seasons he is portrayed as a self-sufficient individual that does not require romantic intimate relationships in his life. The character Sheldon Cooper does not want or need romantic emotional relationships up until he meets Amy Farrah Fowler who is played by Mayim Bialik. While watching the tv series one can see the struggles that their relationship goes through due to the type of attachment styles that both characters are portrayed to possess. In the beginning of their relationship Sheldon is unable of fully committing to the relationship with Amy and struggles to accept emotional support from another individual. The character of Sheldon is a genius in the world of science, however, he lacks empathy for others, and tends to be arrogant in his personality towards others he deems to be below