tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689078571846452863.post5699484651980971602..comments2023-01-24T12:28:47.960-05:00Comments on Markham's Behavioral Health: Fears of abandonment arise from early life experiences of instabilityDavid G. Markhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08336565533124142690noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2689078571846452863.post-59010049794194789512016-07-23T18:26:14.412-04:002016-07-23T18:26:14.412-04:00Fears of abandonment causes anxiety and many peopl...Fears of abandonment causes anxiety and many people attempt to self medicate their anxiety with alcohol, drugs, prescribed medications, sex, over eating, etc.<br /><br />None of these remedies work in the long run although in the short run they do provide some immediate symptom relief which makes them reinforcing and addicting.<br /><br />Most treatments don't deal, though, with the underlying problem, the schema or life script which is usually unconscious until someone points it out to the sufferer.<br /><br />The sufferer's suffering is not necessary, but it takes a while to get one's life on a better track. There are ways. Psychotherapy works!David G. Markhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08336565533124142690noreply@blogger.com