• A dating book helped Nicola Prentis realize she had a pattern for dating men who pull away. • Using ChatGPT, she rewrote her Hinge profile to dodge the "avoidant" men the book described. • Now, even with fewer matches and dates, she feels less anxious.

Earlier this year, reading a dating psychology book was the wake-up call I didn't know I needed.

I'd heard of attachment styles before and had self-identified as anxious. But it wasn't until a friend recommended "Attached," a 15-year-old book on the subject, that I began to understand the importance.

In the book, authors Amir Levine and Rachel Heller outline three main attachment styles — secure, anxious, and avoidant — and explain how recognizing your own can help you choose better partners.

It prompted me to reflect on my relatio

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