According to Psychology Today, attachment is the “emotional bond that forms between infant and caregiver, and it is how the helpless infant gets primary needs met.” Attachment develops through repeated interactions between caregivers and children and can be understood as a match or mismatch between a child’s emotional and physical needs and the responsiveness of their environment. When we receive what our nervous system craves—comfort, acceptance, predictability, or control—we experience safety. But when there is a mismatch between our needs and the environment’s responsiveness, distress can arise, along with fears of abandonment or rejection. This can occur even in the context of parental loving intentions and best efforts. These early patterns shape how individuals later feel and behave within relationships. Research indicates that, generally, neurodivergent adults report higher levels of insecure attachment when assessed with instruments designed for neurotypical individuals (e.g., Al-Yagon et al., 2020; Sonfelianu et al., 2025). Some authors specifically note elevated anxious attachment (Devlin, 2014), an attachment style linked to lower relationship quality (e.g., Knies et al., 2020), which is often characterized …