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EJ711 said:
Abandonment is just one of those words that sucks the breath out of you. Facing feelings of abandonment takes a lot of courage and strength. Abandonment just tends to leave anybody feeling hugely vulnerable and alone.
We're here. Write as you feel able.
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thanks (((EJ711)))
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Lexicon78 said:
Ah, the reality of it...everyone leaves ya. It cannot be avoided.
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I don't think everyone does. Well, I hope not. (((Lexicon78)))
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Rainbowzz said:
god, me too...wow. I was born, given by my birth mom,sent to foster parents,sent to adoptive parents,taken away from them at age 12, and transferred away through group homes and foster homes until i was 17 at which point i moved out on my own. any wonder I have abandonment issues 0_0
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(((Rainbowzz)))
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_Sky said: BTW that someone abandons you has nothing to do with YOU, but with them...
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(((_Sky))) thanks!
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dottie said:
Same here.
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(((dottie)))
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wisewoman said:
I have had major abandonment issues. My T has helped me a lot. It is a lifetime thing.
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(((wisewoman))) . . . geez, a lifetime thing??? I wish it [abandonment] wasn't such a major issue, but there's no getting around it, huh?
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white_iris said:
Just beginning to realize the magnitude of the iceburg of abandonment issues...Haven't gotton to the "it's not my fault" part yet. I am still fully convinced that I had something to do with the MOther not wanting me...But then logically, what does a 2-1/2 yr old have to do with that???
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(((white_iris)))
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hillbunnyb said:
Sometimes I'll be remembering something I had to deal with at a certain age and I'll see a kid that age and I'll just get my mind blown that I was THAT little when I was supposed to cope with whatever....... perspective. I think healing has a lot to do with changing our perspectives.......
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(((hillbunnyb))) . . . you've pointed out another issue of mine!!! I've had panic attacks from staring (from afar) at strangers' children who are at a certain age, triggering my past traumas. This scares me as I enter parenthood.