Don’t Leave Me: Signs of Abandonment Anxiety
Nathan Ainley
The phrase “Don’t Leave Me” isn’t that uncommon. We often hear it from our toddlers when we have to leave them at daycare. There are times, however, that this phrase is being said from a place of fear. This is called abandonment anxiety. People with this fear are most commonly afraid of losing people they love. Abandonment anxiety can affect many aspects of life. What is abandonment anxiety? When a person experiences a traumatic loss that causes fear of others leaving, it could be they are struggling with abandonment anxiety. Most of the time the onset begins with a childhood experience of loss. This loss doesn’t have to be death....
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