Navigating life with unresolved abandonment issues can feel like carrying an emotional backpack filled with bricks—heavy, cumbersome, and often invisible to others. While abandonment issues often stem ...

Abandonment doesn’t always come from being physically left behind. Sometimes it’s subtle—emotional neglect, inconsistency, or growing up in a home where you had to be the adult. The result? You walk ...

Ghosting is common in the age of online dating, which is fueling abandonment issues. Here, pros give tips to overcome yours and have a healthy relationship. I’m a 27-year-old who’s been dating for ...

Rhianna struggled with chronic health issues for years before being referred for therapy. Unable to figure out what might be going on, her doctor suggested mental health support. At first, Rhianna was ...

The experience of abandonment has been examined from different lenses. Many works contribute to understanding its impact and deep connections with the human psyche, power, politics, morality, and law.

Somali women describe a complex and shifting tradition of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Somalia, according to a study published July 9, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS Global ...

Somali women describe a complex and shifting tradition of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in Somalia, according to a study published in PLOS Global Public Health by Zamzam I.A. Ali from the ...