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What Is Attachment Disorder
An attachment disorder is a
condition in which individuals have difficulty forming loving, lasting intimate
relationships.
Attachment disorders vary in severity, but the term is
usually reserved for individuals who show a nearly complete lack of ability to
be genuinely affectionate with others. They typically fail to develop a
conscience and do not learn to trust.
Children with healthy attachments to a loving
caregiver ...
- Feel secure and loved
- Can attain their potential
- Can develop reciprocal relationships
- Develop a conscience
- Cope with stress and anxiety
- Become self-reliant
Children who do not have healthy attachments
with a loving caregiver . . .
- Do not trust caregivers or adults in authority.
- Have extreme control problems, manifested in
covertly manipulative or overtly hostile ways.
- Do not develop a moral foundation: no empathy, no
remorse, no conscience, no compassion for others.
- Lack the ability to give and receive genuine
affection or love.
- Resist all efforts to nurture or guide them.
- Lack cause and effect thinking.
- Act out negatively, provoking anger in others.
- Lie, steal, cheat, manipulate.
- Are destructive, cruel, argumentative and hostile.
- Lack self-control - are impulsive.
- Are superficially charming and engaging.
The process of developing healthy attachments
can be disrupted by...
Abuse, neglect, abandonment, multiple changes in
caregivers, foster care, adoption, painful illness, exposure to alcohol/drugs in
utero, maternal depression, inconsistent day care.
Parents of Children with Attachment disorder
frequently . . .
- Feel isolated and depressed.
- Feel frustrated and stressed.
- Are hypervigilant, agitated, have difficulty
concentrating.
- Are confused, puzzled, obsessed with finding
answers.
- Feel blamed by family, friends, and professionals.
- Feel helpless, hopeless, and angry.
- Feel that problems are minimized by the helping
profession.
Thanks to
Institute For Attachment & Child Development for
the information. Please visit their website.
http://www.instituteforattachment.org/
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