Attachment & Forecast · Alex × Sam

Fearful-Avoidant × Dismissing-Avoidant · Hot-cold Mismatch

Classification

Me: Fearful-Avoidant
Partner: Dismissing-Avoidant
Pair type: Hot-cold Mismatch — Fearful approaches and retreats; avoidant keeps distance. High instability unless both commit to slower pace.

Me anxiety
43.7
Me avoidance
9.4
Partner anxiety
38.6
Partner avoidance
9.4
P:N ratio
472.25:1

Attachment 2D map

12-week forecast

Gottman 5:1 magic ratio

Methodology: Bartholomew & Horowitz (1991) four-category attachment · Fraley et al. (2000) ECR-R dimensions · Gottman (1994) Four Horsemen + magic ratio · Scheffer et al. (2009) critical slowing early-warning signals. Forecasts are damped linear extrapolation with mean reversion, not Bayesian — treat as trend scenarios, not probabilistic predictions.