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Apr 16, 2026 32 min

Love Jones: Anxious & Avoidant Attachment Styles

from Stay Mentally Dope Hosted by Charmaine Beasley, LPC-S & Jasmine Bishop, LPC-S

Three questions: do you know your attachment style, have you seen the movie Love Jones, AND have you ever been in a Love Jones type relationship? Nina and Darius had their ups and downs but the love story was epic. In this episode, join your two favorite black therapists as we talk about anxious and avoidant attachment styles and how it affects communication and relationships, pattern cycles, and how to recognize it and heal. 00:00 Intro 01:40 Overview of the attachment styles 05:44 Love Jones overview 08:00 Did Darius have anxious attachment? 13:55 Communication issues between attachment styles - -assumptions -keeping a back up roster -not showing all your cards -fantasizing about ex -not resolving issues -not having accountability -being reactive -having different emotional regulation and conflict styles 25:30 Why recognizing your attachment is so important & being attracted to a partner with different attachment 29:05 therapists thoughts on avoidant and anxious couple conflict resolution Follow us: Stay Mentally Dope (@staymentallydope) • Instagram photos and videosTikTok - Make Your Day FB:staymentallydope | FacebookMental health x Black culture Podcasts for womenmental health podcast podcast for black womenMental health#attachmentstyles #couplestherapy #mentalhealth #selflove #mentalhealthpodcast #blackwomenshealth #lovejones #lovejonesmovieWhy did they break up in Love Jones? Can an avoidant and anxious relationship work? how to make anxious-avoidant relationship work How to handle an avoidant partner? fearful avoidant vs dismissive avoidant anxious attachment style healing

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