3:47 minutes
When parents are physically present — but emotionally absent, this is emotional abandonment. Neglect.
What are the consequences of intense childhood loss?
Feeling unsafe, fearful and alone.
What do we feel from emotional abandonment?
- social alienation
- guilt
- anxiety
- clinginess
- insomnia
- nightmares
- eating disorders
- anger issues
- depression
- substance abuse
- traumatic reenactment in relationships