Anxiety overwhelms us when we attempt a new relationship. We feel a painful lack of trust toward any potential partner which causes us to panic and withdraw.

It isn’t fear of abandonment that sabotages our relationships, it’s how we handle it.

If you’ve been working hard somewhere for any length of time and you get fired, it can precipitate a major emotional crisis – an abandonment crisis – that takes a lot of personal work to rise out of. Here’s what to do.