abandonment Archives - Heather Hayes & Associates https://heatherhayes.com/tag/abandonment/ Interventions & Treatment Consulting Thu, 10 Sep 2026 22:38:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://heatherhayes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-HH_logo-32x32.png abandonment Archives - Heather Hayes & Associates https://heatherhayes.com/tag/abandonment/ 32 32 Are You Triggered by Abandonment? https://heatherhayes.com/are-you-triggered-by-abandonment/ Sun, 09 Jan 2022 05:05:00 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=4734 “If you feel safe and loved, your brain becomes specialized in exploration, play, and cooperation; if you are frightened and unwanted, it specializes in managing feelings of fear and abandonment.” – Bessel A. van der Kolk All humans will experience some form of abandonment anxiety because the fear of abandonment is universal to our experience […]

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]]> The Trauma of a Privileged Youth https://heatherhayes.com/the-trauma-of-a-privileged-youth/ Sun, 14 Nov 2021 05:05:00 +0000 https://heatherhayes.com/?p=4689 Trauma is not a term immediately associated with privileged individuals. Trauma, and associated trauma disorders such as PTSD, are usually seen as reactions to life-threatening traumatic events such as accidents, natural disasters, war, and sexual or physical violence. However, chronic trauma can be caused by long term exposure to emotional abuse, neglect, or abandonment, all […]

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