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**Summary: Ending a Relationship When You’re Anxiously Attached by Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes** [Watch the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS53N-Evz4Q) **Outline Summary:** 1. **Introduction**   - Presenter: Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes   - Topic: Ending a relationship when you’re anxiously attached   - Definition of anxious attachment 2. **Characteristics of Anxious Attachment**   - Need for relationships to feel safe   - Fear of rejection and abandonment   - Fight or Fawn response to stress   - Dependence on others for validation   - Difficulty setting and maintaining boundaries 3. **Causes of Anxious Attachment**   - Poor child-caregiver relationships   - Trauma and unpredictability in early life   - Experiences in significant relationships 4. **Challenges in Ending Unhealthy Relationships**   - Feeling like a failure   - Opening old wounds from past relationships   - Confusing self-worth with relationship success 5. **Steps to Begin Healing**   - Motivational interviewing and decisional balance   - Iden