Why Your Nervous System Thinks Your Partner Is Leaving: Phubbing, Attachment Anxiety, and Attention Drift (opens in new tab)

The most powerful rival to your marriage may not be another person. It may be a machine. Not because the machine is lovable. Not because the machine is attractive. But because the machine is very, very good at capturing attention. And attention has quietly become the most valuable emotional currency in modern relationships. A fascinating 2026 study published in the Journal of Personality found that anxiously attached partners experienced higher depressed mood, lower self-esteem, more resentme...