"Attachments bring worry; with the right choices and balance, they also bring added richness and a sense of belonging to the universe." 2 minute mantra, 6 minute contemplation

Attachments bring worry because we do not want to lose them.  We all our "happiness" to become dependent on them.  Or probably, better, we do not want to lose the pleasure they bring us.  The DL says pleasure is really covering up pain, so pleasure means we have pain.  I'm not sure about that is always the case.  Maybe that is where the strength of desire for not losing attachments come from.  We use attachments to mask suffering.  That is not a healthy way to use attachments.  Creative activities are attachments because they make us feel whole, productive, a meaningful part of the universe.  But, becoming attached to specific activities can be not healthy.  If we lose the activity, then we suffer greatly.  There's a mash episode about a piano player who loses function in his hands.  Charles convinces him there are ways to get fulfillment from the gift of music that he formerly got by playing the piano.  He still used his gift, but in a different way.  Having multiple attachments for fulfillment can protect against lose of fulfillment.  Of course, having too many such attachments, dilutes the fulfillment.  It becomes broad and not deep.  Maybe that is okay.

Attachments can bring meaning and fulfillment to our lives.  However, using them for pleasure masks suffering which is better tackled  through inner happiness and peace.