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Susan Anderson

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The Journey from Abandonment to Healing

The Journey from Abandonment to Healing

This book guides you through the five stages of abandonment — shattering, withdrawal, internalizing, rage, and lifting.

2014

Stories

The Separate Self vs Symbiotic Self

I’m trying to throw things out — I’ve collected thousands of pages of my writing over the years. Can’t I just junk it?

Oct 4, 2024

The Separate Self vs Symbiotic Self

Oct 4, 2024

Heartache Is the Itch You Can’t Scratch

Someone wrote to me saying that it feels as if she will never get over “him”. She has been “hurting” for over ten years — and she judges…

Sep 4, 2024

Heartache Is the Itch You Can’t Scratch

Sep 4, 2024

Why Does Guilt Love to Turn the Tables?

Dear Susan, my boyfriend treats me badly. He makes promises but doesn’t show up. Then he showers me with passion, only to go online and…

Aug 4, 2024

Why Does Guilt Love to Turn the Tables?

Aug 4, 2024

Are You Alone, Stuck in a Pattern, and Can’t Get Out?

Are you and anyone you know caught up in cycles of abandonment? Why do people keep repeating the same patterns over and over? What can they…

Jul 7, 2024

Are You Alone, Stuck in a Pattern, and Can’t Get Out?

Jul 7, 2024

Abandonment and Outer Child

Abandonment has everything to do with Outer Child patterns — how they developed and how to overcome them.

May 15, 2024

Abandonment and Outer Child

May 15, 2024

Broken Hearted this Holiday Season?

When our love connections are in turmoil, the panic and insecurity can hit hard, especially during the holiday season. A broken heart…

May 13, 2024

Broken Hearted this Holiday Season?

May 13, 2024

Am I still attracted to the unavailable?

Someone wrote to me describing a very common dilemma: You finally realize that you’ve always been attracted to the wrong type of people…

May 5, 2024

Am I still attracted to the unavailable?

May 5, 2024

45 Characteristics of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder of Abandonment

PTSD of Abandonment is the underlying traumatic source of Complex PTSD (C-PTSD).

Apr 18, 2024

45 Characteristics of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder of Abandonment

Apr 18, 2024

Do You Prefer Immediate Gratification to Accomplishment?

You mean I have to make a choice? Yes, usually.

Apr 9, 2024

Do You Prefer Immediate Gratification to Accomplishment?

Apr 9, 2024

Is your partner still on the prowl? — healing abandonment with Susan Anderson

You’re in a committed relationship. Or so you thought. But do you get the feeling that one of you is hedging your bets? Does your mate…

Aug 10, 2023

Is your partner still on the prowl? — healing abandonment with Susan Anderson

Aug 10, 2023

Part II: Trying to Get Over Someone — healing abandonment with Susan Anderson

Getting over someone: The task can be so arduous that it needs to become an ongoing project. And you can’t expect results right away. You…

Jul 3, 2023

Part II: Trying to Get Over Someone — healing abandonment with Susan Anderson

Jul 3, 2023

How Social Media Triggers Abandonment — healing abandonment with Susan Anderson

I think we’re more vulnerable than we used to be, especially young people whose self image is just forming and are impressionable by what…

Jun 23, 2023

How Social Media Triggers Abandonment — healing abandonment with Susan Anderson

Jun 23, 2023

Separate self vs symbiotic self — healing abandonment with Susan Anderson

I’m trying to throw things out — I’ve collected thousands of pages of my writing over the years. Can’t I just junk it?

Jun 15, 2023

Separate self vs symbiotic self — healing abandonment with Susan Anderson

Jun 15, 2023

You Don’t Need to Change Something Perfectly to Make a Huge Difference in Your Life: 12 Factors to…

You don’t need to change something all the way to make a huge difference in your life. You don’t have to go all the way from being…

Jun 1, 2023

You Don’t Need to Change Something Perfectly to Make a Huge Difference in Your Life: 12 Factors to…

Jun 1, 2023

Why Is Abandonment So Painful? — healing abandonment with Susan Anderson

Heartbreak hurts so deeply because it pulls at that raw abandonment nerve we all share. It rips us open to the core, overwhelming us with…

May 3, 2023

Why Is Abandonment So Painful? — healing abandonment with Susan Anderson

May 3, 2023

Borderline vs.

There is a significant overlap between borderline personality disorder (BPD) and post traumatic stress disorder of abandonment (PTSD of…

Mar 20, 2023

Borderline vs.

Mar 20, 2023

Overeating Is an Abandonment Issue: How to Heal it — healing abandonment with Susan Anderson

I love to eat, and then eat. It’s just the consequences I hate. What’s a potato chip but a prelude to the whole bag? What’s an M&M but a…

Mar 13, 2023

Overeating Is an Abandonment Issue: How to Heal it — healing abandonment with Susan Anderson

Mar 13, 2023

Here’s Why Healing Abandonment is a Creative Process — healing abandonment with Susan Anderson

Healing abandonment involves summoning your creative energy. Your task is to create positive gains from adversity, growth in the place of…

Mar 6, 2023

Here’s Why Healing Abandonment is a Creative Process — healing abandonment with Susan Anderson

Mar 6, 2023

How to Prevent Abandonment Issues From Sabotaging Your Love Life: 12 Things to Know on Your Path to…

For many people, falling in love means becoming more vulnerable. It arouses our primal abandonment fear. It bubbles up from the deep…

Feb 27, 2023

How to Prevent Abandonment Issues From Sabotaging Your Love Life: 12 Things to Know on Your Path to…

Feb 27, 2023

15 Quotes To Inspire Self-Love — healing abandonment with Susan Anderson

My social media team, who devotedly administrates my pages, suggested that we come up with a list of “best quotes” — bite size insights —…

Feb 21, 2023

15 Quotes To Inspire Self-Love — healing abandonment with Susan Anderson

Feb 21, 2023

Susan Anderson

Susan Anderson

Book Author

Psychotherapist, Author, Abandonment Expert w/ 30+ years of clinical experience & dedicated research of #abandonment victims. Contact me: abandonment@erols.com.

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