Have you ever suffered badly after losing/quitting a job you loved? Or after a break-up with your partner? Or maybe after losing a good connection with a very much attached person? Attachment and suffering go hand in hand. What are you most afraid of in life? I asked a friend. Attachment, she answered. We have come to a point where we rightly recognize attachment as the root cause of pain. But, as humans letting go of attachment is nearly impossible as it feels like letting go of life itself.