Abandonment Trauma and Attachment Styles
Lisa Coleman
In recent years, there has been a rise in general interest in the topics of trauma and attachment styles. Of all the different types of trauma, it is abandonment trauma that tends to have the biggest impact on our attachment style. Whether it was experiences we had in childhood or traumatic events we had as an adult, the way we approach relationships and intimacy is often affected by abandonment trauma. Many people are unaware that they have abandonment trauma. It is often only as we start getting into serious relationships that we realize we might be damaged in certain areas. It is the way we navigate intimacy that shows where...
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