Attachment Disorder

Attachment disorders are a serious condition which people have a hard time creating and maintaining lasting relationships.  Many times these attachment issues arise from a failure to form normal attachments to primary care giving figures in early childhood.  These attachment issues can carry throughout a child’s adolescent years to adulthood.  Adults that have an attachment disorder sometimes show a compete lack of ability to be genuinely affectionate with other and have other trust issues.  If you are having problems maintaining relationships, seeing a psychologist might be the best approach.

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Symptoms of Attachment Disorder

• Superficially engaging & charming
• Lack of eye contact on parents’ terms
• Indiscriminately affectionate with strangers
• Not affectionate on parents’ terms (not ‘cuddly’)
• Destructive to self, others and material things (‘accident prone’)
• Cruelty to animals
• Lying about the obvious (‘crazy’ lying)
• Stealing
• No impulse controls (frequently acts hyperactive)
• Learning Lags
• Lack of cause-and-effect thinking

• Poor peer relationships
• Preoccupation with fire
• Preoccupation with blood & gore
• Persistent nonsense questions & chatter
• Inappropriately demanding & clingy
• Abnormal speech patterns
• Triangulation of adults
• False allegations of abuse
• Presumptive entitlement issues
• Parents appear hostile and angry
• Lack of conscience
• Abnormal eating patterns

"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up ."

-THOMAS EDISON

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​Lutz, FL 33548

Phone: (813) 279-1800
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Helpful Links For Attachment Disorder

• Wikipedia - Reactive attachment disorder - An article on Reactive attachment disorder about the signs and symptoms, diagnosis, causes and treatment.
• Mayo Clinic - Reactive attachment disorder - Read about the causes, symtoms, complications, tests and diagnosis, treatment and drugs for Reactive attachment disorder.
• Medline Plus - Reactive attachment disorder of infancy or early childhood - Learn about the causes of reactive attachment disorder in infancy or early childhood. Read about the symptoms and treatment.

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