Introduction Somewhere between a morning scroll and a late-night rabbit hole, you've probably landed on a video that stopped you mid-thumb. "If you overthink texts, you're probably anxiously attached.""Pulling away when things get serious? Classic avoidant behaviour.""Here's how to know if you'll ever have a secure relationship." And something in you went oh. That's me. Attachment theory has become one of the most viral psychological concepts of our time, and it's not hard to

You have seen the posts. Someone shares a story about a difficult conversation with a partner and the comments flood in: 'That is gaslighting.' A person talks about needing space from family and the replies call it 'boundary-setting.' Someone describes a week of low motivation and the caption reads: 'my anxiety is speaking.' Psychological language -- once confined to therapy rooms and clinical textbooks -- has become the lingua franca of social media. Words like 'trauma respo