When an attachment relationship is severed, so is homeostatic maintenance, leading to dysregulation of multiple physiological systems. Expanding upon Sbarra and Hazan’s original model, we suggest that the degree to which an individual’s physiological systems remain dysregulated depends on the state of one’s attachment hierarchy—namely, whether an individual continues to seek a lost partner for support as their primary attachment figure. To recover from the loss of a romantic partner, an individual’s attachment hierarchy must be reorganized. Our model proposes that an individual will go through a series of physiological changes before their attachment hierarchy is reorganized, which can either help or hinder their recovery. We consider the role of reward processing, including endogenous opioids, in this recovery process. Along the way, we identify mechanisms for continued dysregulation of biological systems among those who take longer to recover from a loss.

当连接关系被切断时，体内平衡的维持也将被切断，从而导致多个生理系统的失调。扩展Sbarra和Hazan的原始模型，我们建议一个人的生理系统保持失调的程度取决于一个人的依恋等级状态-即，一个人是否继续寻求失去的伴侣作为主要依恋对象。为了从失去浪漫伴侣中恢复过来，必须重新组织一个人的依恋等级。我们的模型提出，一个人在重新建立依恋等级之前会经历一系列的生理变化，这可以帮助或阻碍他们的康复。我们考虑了在这种恢复过程中奖励加工（包括内源性阿片类药物）的作用。一路上，