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Originally Posted by Só leigheas
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?
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Interesting topic. I agree that when we were kids abandonment seemed like normal everyday life. After all I was okay, had food, clothes, roof over my head, I had everything I needed. Not everything I wanted. But there still was an empty space in my life that I had to fill with something. I even wanted to run away to a children's home just for that companionship.
I think now, with my isolation it seems to be like when I was growing up. Just alone and hoping I don't do something to get into trouble. If someone gets close to me I push them away.
What was the article you read? Would you mind sharing it with us?