A first hand account of Adult Attachment disorder.

1. Adult Attachment Disorder: A first hand account of Attachment issues in children are quite common, but they usually fade away by the time the child reaches early adolescence. However, one thing that isn't discussed much is an Attachment Disorder in older Teenagers to adults.

4. Hostile

5. Critical of others

6. Sensitive to blame

7. Lack of empathy

8. Views others as untrustworthy

9. Views others as undependable

10. Views self as unlovable or "too good" for others

11. Relationships feel either threatening to one's sense

12. of control, not worth the effort, or both

13. Compulsive self-reliance

14. Passive withdrawal

15. Low levels of perceived support

16. Difficulty getting along with co-workers, often

17. preferring to work alone

18. Work may provide a good excuse to

19. avoid personal relations

20. Fear of closeness in relationships

21. Avoidance of intimacy

22. Unlikely to idealize the love relationship

24. Rapid relationship breakups

25. Idealizing of others

26. Strong desire for partner to reciprocate in relationship

27. Desire for extensive contact and declarations of affections

28. Over invests his/her emotions in a relationship

29. Perceives relationships as imbalanced

30. Relationship is idealized

31. Preoccupation with relationship

32. Dependence on relationship

33. Heavy reliance on partner

34. Views partner as desirable but unpredictable (sometimes available, sometimes not)

35. Perceives others as difficult to understand

36. Relationship is primary method by which one can experience a sense of security

37. Unlikely to view others as altruistic

38. Sensitive to rejection

39. Discomfort with anger

40. Extreme emotions

41. Jealous

42. Possessive

43. Views self as unlovable

44. Suicide attempts

45. Mood swings

46. Tendency toward anaclitic depression (dependent depression)

49. Was very attached and clingy to mother from a young age, never participated in activities to make friends just stayed with mother. Then at 7 years of age mother left which must of caused a great deal of psychological stress and to feel abandoned.

50. Treatments?

51. (Combined with other mental health problems)

52. Medications (Sertraline, Citalopram, Fluoxetine)

53. Counselling/Psychotherapy

54. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

55. Outcome?

56. Symptoms same as before if not worse.

57. Conclusion?

58. Adult Attachment disorder may not be as easy to treat as people think.

61. List the pros and cons of each strategy

62. Give a forecast of costs

64. Give a summary of the expected results

65. Name the next steps to be taken

66. Delegate the various tasks