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When fear of abandonment causes abandonment

I am terrified of being abandoned but I push everyone away before they can leave me and I know I am doing it but I cannot stop

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Anxious attachment patterns create self-fulfilling prophecies that reinforce core wounds.

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