“I find it difficult to trust other people.regrets Rodolfo, 43-year-old cook. In the restaurant I always keep an eye on everything. It is so in my personal life. I’m close to my children, but for the rest: I’m always afraid of being cheated on. I can not attach. “ Without knowing it, Rodolphe uses the right word to refer to the basic concept of psychology, attachment. We owe the theory of the same name to John Bowlby. In the 1950s, this British psychiatrist was inspired by observations made in ethology. When they are born, animals instinctively cling to their mother. Puppies, for example, barely hatch from an egg, identifying it as one that will protect them before allowing time to fly on their own.
This connection, which is essential for the survival and then development of the species …
Source: Le Figaro
