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        💔&nbsp; What it means to have grown up with parental abandonment
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        <strong>Growing up with parental abandonment meant learning that the people who are supposed to stay can just leave—that there's no such thing as permanence when it comes to love.</strong>
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        You may have experienced the absence of a parent not as a single event, but as the air you breathed—an empty space where their presence should have been. You became incredibly self-reliant out of necessity, stepping up to fill gaps that missing adults left behind and developing strength most kids never had to find. But this early independence came with the constant awareness that people leave.
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        You may now find yourself always braced for loss, even in your happiest moments. You might hold back from getting too comfortable, too attached, or too hopeful, because experience taught you that good things don't last. Deep down, there's often a voice whispering that maybe you're just not the kind of person people stick around for, even when evidence suggests otherwise.
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        💔&nbsp; The Core Wound
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        "You learned that love is temporary, that people who promise to stay will inevitably leave, and that depending on others is a setup for devastating disappointment that you must protect yourself from at all costs."
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Tools & Learning

💔14 Ways Parental Abandonment Trauma Affects Your Relationships

Always Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop

Body Guarded

Braced for Independence

Come Here, Go Away

Going to the Opposite Extreme

Hypnotized to Believe You're Damaged Goods

Keeping One Foot Out the Door

Loving and Hating Intensely

Same Dance, Different Partners

The Advocate

The Chameleon

The Hero

The Love Earner

The Vanishing Act