I might be a little late to this party. I have multiple traumas, almost all from childhood. Until I read this article earlier, I assumed I just had a little bit of separation anxiety because...well I have general anxiety anyway. After reading this article, though, I found that there's "post traumatic stress disorder of abandonment". Apparently this is a thing I didn't know existed. Reading all of the characteristics, I don't think I can deny that I have this problem. In fact, it's very much a part of my life that I didn't even see as a problem because it was always just "who I am". Maybe these feelings aren't so normal.

How many others here deal with this? Do these "abandonment issues" heavily dictate your life; have they ever? How do you get past this?