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Abandonment



Abandonment is the deeply painful experience of being cut off from a person whom we have relied on for support or stability, often with no notice, explanation, or opportunity for reconnection. Childhood experiences of abandonment can have deep-seated and long-lasting impacts on our relationship patterns for years, and abandonment by friends or romantic partners as adults can plunge us into self-doubt and hypervigilance. We can struggle to maintain healthy relationships, whether by isolating ourselves from deep connection out of self-protection or being so demanding of someone’s attention or reassurance that we end up driving them away. Exploring practices around self-worth and self-acceptance can help us reclaim ourselves, finding closure and internal stability as we find new ways to connect with those around us.

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How Do You Love a Person with Abandonment Issues?

Loving a person with abandonment issues or being the person with abandonment issues is hard. Here's how you can make it work.

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Abandonment: A Review of Jungian Analysis

Jungian theories and clinical approaches to the central therapeutic and developmental issue of abandonment are featured with topics covering early infancy, the creative woman, transformation, and others.

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Abandonment Triggered: 6 Reminders for When Reactivity Strikes

Abandonment is a nasty Sonofab*tch to deal with.

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CPTSD: Are You Triggered by Abandonment?

An intense reaction to the feeling of abandonment is one of the harshest and most common adult symptoms of Complex PTSD (or Childhood PTSD).

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Abandon Me: Memoirs

In her critically acclaimed memoir, Whip Smart, Melissa Febos laid bare the intimate world of the professional dominatrix, turning an honest examination of her life into a lyrical study of power, desire, and fulfillment.

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Abandonment Issues: Signs, Symptoms, Treatment, and More.

Abandonment issues arise when an individual has a strong fear of losing loved ones. A fear of abandonment is a form of anxiety. It often begins in childhood when a child experiences a traumatic loss.

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Dealing with Abandonment Issues From Childhood: Exercise to Heal Toxic Shame

When you are the adult child of an alcoholic or a child of a narcissist, you are forced to live in survival. This forces a child to focus on what they cannot control. The abandonment wound is rooted in childhood trauma.

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Abandonment Issues: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment and More

Healthy human development requires knowing that physical and emotional needs are met. During childhood, this reassurance comes from parents. During adulthood, it can come from personal and romantic relationships.

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Every Daddyless Daughter Needs the Radical Truth | Oprah’s Lifeclass | Oprah Winfrey Network

Relationship expert Iyanla Vanzant says fatherless daughters can’t fix what they can’t face—which is why they need to tell themselves the absolute truth to mend the pain of the past.

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I Never Got Over the Trauma of My Mother's Abadonment

I worked with a therapist to cope with this estrangement for 10 years, but it wasn't until I had my daughter that I was truly inspired to put in the work to become a better person and the mom I never had.

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