Are You Anxiously Texting? A 30-Second Gut Check

The spiral

You send a message. They don't reply. You check. You re-read your message. You write a follow-up, delete it, write another. Sound familiar? That's the read-receipt spiral, and it's a near-perfect mirror of anxious attachment.

A quick check

• Are you refreshing the chat more than twice in five minutes?
• Are you replaying what you 'should' have said?
• Does their silence feel like a verdict?

If you nodded at two of those, your nervous system has decided the reply means something it probably doesn't. The attachment quiz puts real numbers on this so you can see the pattern — and step out of it with a little more calm.