Self-Responsibility and Healing After Abandonment

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

Childhood abandonment can create deep psychological trauma, affecting adulthood on many levels — but there is a path to healing

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Abandonment can affect us deeply—parents’ divorce, death of close family member, neglectful caregivers, or a significant other. It can make us feel as if there is something innately wrong with us; that we’re not good enough for anyone or anything.

We begin to find fault in ourselves, and our self-esteem plummets. However, learning to take responsibility and connect with your emotional self will bring