You Are Not Afraid of Abandonment, You’re Afraid of being Discarded
Adults cannot be abandoned.
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5 min readNov 13, 2023
One of the fundamental lessons in psychology is the fact that as adults, we cannot be abandoned. This truth is a difficult pill to swallow because we can certainly feel like we’ve been abandoned.
Abandonment occurs when someone is responsible for you (a parent, caretaker, or…