Abandonment Fear Often Comes From Different Types of Childhood Loss This loss can take many forms: The loss of a parent, grandparent, sibling or pet Loss of a home or friends and community Not receiving the love and nurturance that you needed Not being noticed Being left alone too young for too long Being with a family who find your emotions ‘too much’

Abandonment Fear Often Comes From Different Types of Childhood Loss

February 16, 2022 0 Comments

It is possible to work on our abandonment fear. Some powerful tools I have experienced are EMDR, somatic psychotherapy, and inner child work. These are all elements of evidence-based trauma therapy. When we expand the definition of trauma to include attachment trauma (which I do), abandonment fear is an expression of complex trauma.

Love, Jen

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