Fucking Feelings: Attachment Theory and the Nexus

In Episode 16, we break down the basics of attachment theory and the various attachment styles. We discuss the difficulty of developing secure attachment within the Nexus, the role of disorganized attachment in fundamentalism, and the importance of understanding attachment needs for socialists.Part of the Fucking Feelings series. Show NotesClementine's SubstackHand-Holding “Supportive Touch” Leads to Less PainComplex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving, by Pete WalkerThe Traumatic Impact of Media Humiliation, Misrepresentation and Victim-Shaming on Narrative Identity and Well-Being, by Dr Christine MarieTerror, Love and Brainwashing Attachment in Cults and Totalitarian Systems, By Alexandra SteinThe possibility of political pleasure: David GraeberIn the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, by Gabor MatéS3E2 of Groundings - 'The Revolution Can't Be Quarantined' with Steven PowersTrauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence -- From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror, by Judith Lewis Hermanextras on this topic:The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships, by Diane Poole HellerAttached: The New Science Of Adult Attachment And How It Can Help You Find--and Keep-- Love, by Amir Levine, Rachel HellerThe Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.Follow Fucking Cancelled on Instagram.Find merch in our shop.ClementineMorrigan.comJayLesoleil.comTheme song by ST x LIAM.Mixing and editing by Charlotte Dora. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.fuckingcancelled.com/subscribe

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Fucking Cancelled is a podcast with three aims. First, we analyze and critique a phenomenon on the left that we call the nexus: a synthesis of identitarianism, social media, and cancel culture. Second, we offer emotional, spiritual, and ethical insights into the process of rejecting and exiting the nexus. Third, we move toward a different vision for the left grounded in solidarity, freedom, and responsibility. We are leftists who have spent many years inside the nexus. We have been too afraid to critique it and we have suffered the consequences of critiquing it. We know all too well the destructive impact the nexus has on our communities, our movements, our spiritual, emotional, and mental health, and our capacity to be responsible, ethical actors. We are also recovering addicts who live our lives by a set of spiritual and ethical principles which are starkly at odds with the rules of the nexus. We offer these principles as a guiding light toward a different left. Fucking Cancelled is a podcast for anyone who feels stifled or trapped by the authoritarian, punishing culture that dominates the left. It’s a podcast for anyone who is too afraid to say what they really think. It’s a podcast for people who have been cancelled, who are afraid of getting cancelled, or who have taken part in the cancellation of others and wondered if it was right. Fucking Cancelled is a podcast for leftists who dream of a left grounded in solidarity, freedom, and responsibility, rather than coercion, authoritarianism, and punishment. www.fuckingcancelled.com