Tag: fear of abandonment

November 19, 2025 / Mohammed looti

SEPARATION ANXIETY

Introduction and Definitional Framework Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is a significant clinical phenomenon characterized by excessive fear or anxiety concerning separation from home or from attachment figures. While it is developmentally appropriate for infants and toddlers to experience transient anxiety when separated from primary caregivers, SAD involves distress that is persistent, severe, and developmentally inappropriate […]

November 16, 2025 / Mohammed looti

ANXIOUS-AMBIVALENT ATTACHMENT STYLE

Introduction and Definition The Anxious-Ambivalent Attachment Style, often alternatively termed preoccupied or resistant attachment, represents a complex and frequently distressing pattern of relating that originates from the foundational work of developmental psychologists Mary Ainsworth and John Bowlby. This style is fundamentally characterized by an inherent and painful conflict: a profound desire for deep intimacy and […]