Mother Nature: An initial exploration of new potential for attachment theory.

Although merely an introductory overview, there is convincing evidence to support a case that our relationship with nature is of paramount importance for human well-being and wider societal well-being and that this relationship has been corrupted via the developed world and progressive disconnect from nature. This disconnect could be categorised through the lens of attachment theory whereby an insecure attachment has subsequently developed.This insecure attachment predisposes us, as a species, to neglect, denigrate and commodify the natural world which, in turn, is giving rise to climate change and its own psychological sequelae. However, discrepancies such as trauma arising from natural disasters suggest a more nuanced approach is needed as our relationship with nature is not entirely without danger, and, as such, there remain significant gaps when unifying this under the umbrella of attachment theory without further research/extrapolation of its importance.