I could go on about different experiences of abandonment that I have been through in my life, but these are the main ones. They show in a broad manner what can happen. However, it is the issue of how abandonment follows you through your entire life. It is not something you can easily walk away from or ignore. It permeates every relationship, every job, every social contact, and all parts of life.
In the post, I Have Abandonment Issues, from the blog Together We Heal, I was struck by one of the portions of text. I would like to share this with you because I think it goes to the heart of what abandonment is all about.
For quite a long time, I had the false belief that “people always leave.” As a result, guess what, people around me often didn’t stick around for long, because I would pretty much act in a way that ensured they would not want to! It is hard to acknowledge, but we have to be straight about the role we play that leads us to re-create the experience of being abandoned over and over again. - Together We Heal Blog
