separation anxieties
Dreading loved ones' departure
Separation anxieties is the plural of separation anxiety—distress triggered by being apart from a person, place, or thing one is attached to.
The term applies to children upset when parents leave, dogs who destroy furniture when owners go to work, or adults struggling with any significant departure: Her separation anxieties flared when her daughter left for college.
- clinginessExcessive need for closeness
- fearfulnessChronic state of dread
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
- fear of abandonmentDread of being left behind
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
attachment · worry · neediness · school refusal · object permanence · security blanket · dread · distress · transitional object · safe haven · loneliness · empty nest · apprehension · panic · grief · longing · losses · separations
separation anxietiessecure attachment
Reliable caregiver-child emotional bond
separation anxietiesemotional security
Feeling reliably cared for
inner peace · self-assurance · independence · self-reliance · secure base
separation anxietiesavoidant attachment
Relational pattern fearing intimacy
secure attachment · secure base · emotional unavailability · disengagement · trust
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