In Pete Walkers Surviving to thriving page. 249 he says the abandonment depression is the bottom layer healing obstacle, does anybody have experience of this or know how it shows itself?
He says it's covered over by fear and shame both of which I have being trying my best to process, I am now in utter isolation with nobody and nothing. The isolation itself is constantly triggering deep despair and hopelessness, a feeling of being defeated with nowhere left to go and every day is so difficult. Is that abandonment depression?
Am I labelling abandonment depression as loneliness?
It's so confusing because if it's just that I've been isolating for too long I should try to get out there and do something about being so alone but if it's abandonment depression then surely it's something I should be sitting with and trying to integrate.
Trauma is such chaos.
He says it's covered over by fear and shame both of which I have being trying my best to process, I am now in utter isolation with nobody and nothing. The isolation itself is constantly triggering deep despair and hopelessness, a feeling of being defeated with nowhere left to go and every day is so difficult. Is that abandonment depression?
Am I labelling abandonment depression as loneliness?
It's so confusing because if it's just that I've been isolating for too long I should try to get out there and do something about being so alone but if it's abandonment depression then surely it's something I should be sitting with and trying to integrate.
Trauma is such chaos.