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Re: Attachment Disorder? » chiron

Posted by raisinb on July 27, 2008, at 11:16:36

In reply to Attachment Disorder?, posted by chiron on July 27, 2008, at 0:52:56

From what I know, real attachment disorder includes some pretty extreme behavior, like inappropriate attachments--feeling you're going to die without a person you've only recently met, e.g.. I don't know you, but it doesn't sound like the things you listed are enough.

I get that anxious emptiness too. It is also a characteristic of a lot of diagnoses less extreme than attachment disorder. Like you, it's helped considerably with medication, and it's also helped by having a therapist who is consistently there for me. I am 33, and I can't say I haven't had a serious relationship, but I've certainly had some pretty messed up ones, and nobody's ever suggested I have attachment disorder. The most is BPD, and most other people have thought even that's a little extreme.

Sounds like this guy isn't even a therapist, to boot.


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