My partner is insecure and controlling

A new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology explains how simple acts of love and affection can accumulate to make your romantic relationship a more secure place for your insecure partner.

How to deal with someone who is insecure

We are often tempted to walk away from someone who has an insecure attachment style because of the complications it might give rise to. Or, we resist taking responsibility to help them feel better, brushing it off as “their problem.”

Positive Romantic Experiences

Psychologist Gul Gunaydin of Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey, and lead author of the new study explains that you do not have to move mountains to effect meaningful change.

Through the study, she explored if having positive romantic experiences—doing something fun and romantically fulfilling with your partner—can help an insecure partner feel more secure in the relationship.

“An essential ingredient that contributes to a happy relationship is experiencing positive relationship events,” she explains.

“Although the role of positive relationship experiences in re

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