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When an anxiously attached person cheats, it’s rarely about chasing excitement or novelty. More often, it’s about feeling unseen, unwanted, or unimportant in their relationship — and finding emotional validation elsewhere.

In this video, I share the common reasons anxiously attached people might become vulnerable to infidelity, including their tendency towards emotional affairs and how cheating can sometimes become a bridge to leaving a relationship they struggle to walk away from.

We’ll cover:
How unmet needs for closeness, reassurance, and feeling chosen create vulnerability to outside attention
Why emotional affairs are common for anxious attachers
How external validation can become a point of comparison to the primary relationship
The “off-ramp/on-ramp” dynamic of mate-switching
Why cheating often comes with deep emotional investment for anxious attachers

Free Resources
How to Heal Anxious Attachment: https://stephanierigg.com/how-to-heal...
Anxious Attachment Starter Kit: https://www.stephanierigg.com/anxious...

00:00 Introduction
01:10 Free Resources for Anxious Attachment
01:46 Why Anxiously Attached People Cheat
02:04 Feeling Invisible as a Precursor to Infidelity
03:36 The Role of External Validation
04:43 Cheating as a "Mate-Switching" Strategy
06:25 How to Shift This Pattern
08:06 Closing Thoughts