About this item

Is understanding the science of attachment the key to building lasting friendships and finding "your people" in an ever-more-fragmented world? How do we make and keep friends in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos, especially in a society that often prizes romantic love at the expense of other relationships? In Platonic, Dr. Marisa G. Franco unpacks the latest, often counterintuitive findings about the bonds between us - for example, why your friends aren't texting you back (it's not because they hate you!) , and the myth of "friendships happening organically" (making friends, like cultivating any relationship, requires effort!) . As Dr. Franco explains, to make and keep friends you must understand your attachment style - secure, anxious, or avoidant: it is the key to unlocking what's working (and what's failing) in your friendships.