Seperation anxiety?

annica860

Hi, is there anyone who got seperation anxiety?

Sandumon

Not me personally but my friends daughter had it, she's adopted and it's apparently very normal for adopted kids

LadyMe

Hi

I suffer from separation anxiety. I have had this a long time and I do not understand where it stems from. I was a shy girl while growing up, very nervous when dealing with people on a one to one basis. I like to have routines in my life and I always had this even with school, I would do everthing exactly the same time every day, getting up then counting the minutes for getting dressed for school, timing myself on my bicycle to school etc, everthing was counted. Once my sister moved her twin bed further away from me and I cried my eyes out and she could not understand what was the matter, for some crazy reason I felt like I did something wrong and she was moving away from me, it is all in my head. I have never gone to seek help with it, I just feel stupid and I have not mentioned it to anyone at home, my siblings always remember how sensitive I was growing up. In my adult like I became more confident but I still have anxieties..

Sandumon

I don't think what you describe is the same separation anxiety adopted kids suffer from. Basically they feel like someone is going to take them away, it even happens for kids adopted very young.
From your post it looks like a form of OCD, I had the same when growing up, routines before bed every night etc.