Fear of abandonment is not necessarily a diagnosile stand alone, let's say, mental health disorder. This is considered a part of an anxiety disorder. Loss of a parent in any way can have a profound impact and create abandonment issu so that could be the death of a parent or if your parents got divorced,. A lot of times you might feel that im left and sort of the second family becomes more important than you. And i can say in my own life that i had a very emotionally absent father, and that really impacted me in my adult life.
Do you find that you attach unusually quickly to people, whether in friendships or romantic relationships? Do you stay in relationships that you know are bad for you because the thought of being alone scares you more than staying in a bad relationship? Or do you repeatedly find yourself in relationships with unavailable people? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you might have abandonment issues. In this episode, I’m helping you recognize the signs of abandonment issues in adult relationships and reviewing the most common causes of chronic fear of abandonment.
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