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  • Silent Treatment Abuse or Shunning

    Silent Treatment Abuse or Shunning

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    “Silent Treatment Abuse” is the ancient practice of shunning using modern terminology to describe how it appears in our present relationships.  It can be most confusing and frustrating because it feels like there is nothing that can be done about it. Many people have experienced abandonment, helplessness and loss when they have been shunned by…

  • Fear of Abandonment

    Fear of Abandonment

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      Everyone has some degree of fear of abandonment, some more, some less.  It comes from our instinct for attachment.  We need each other. It starts at birth, when we are one hundred percent dependent on another for physical and emotional survival.  This attachment becomes the foundation for growth.   Gradually, from this dependence, a…