Article written with @may.psychologist Abstract   This article offers a critical overview of attachment theory, beginning with the original formulations of Bowlby and Ainsworth — including an in-depth treatment of the four attachment styles, including the disorganized pattern described by Main and Solomon — through to the most recent theoretical reworkings by Hinde and Ugazio. The aim is to question the presumed universality of the classical model, exploring how cultural, con

Abstract Vulnerability represents a fundamental paradox in intimate relationships: what we perceive as weakness is actually the foundation of authentic intimacy. This article explores the connection between attachment theory (Bowlby, 1969, 1973, 1980) and the capacity to be vulnerable in adult relationships, integrating contemporary research on shame and courage (Brown, 2012, 2015). Through analysis of attachment styles and their behavioral correlates, it is highlighted how i

Post written in collaboration with  @luisazaccarelli_psicoterapeuta Introduction Maladaptive daydreaming (MD) is a clinical construct introduced by Somer (2002) to describe an intense, prolonged, and difficult-to-control form of imaginative activity, characterized by complex, narratively structured, and highly emotionally engaging fantasies. Unlike common mind-wandering or normative daydreaming, MD is associated with a significant impairment of daily functioning, interfering

Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko  remains one of cinema’s most haunting and multifaceted explorations of the boundary between psychosis, existential crisis, and metaphysical possibility. The film invites not only speculative fan-interpretation, but grounded psychological reflection: its protagonist (Donnie Darko) inhabits a world in which time, causality, self, and the world itself fracture — a fitting metaphor for major psychopathology, yet also a poetic allegory of meaning-maki