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Reactive attachment disorder in people of all ages
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<blockquote data-quote="Stella" data-source="post: 246101" data-attributes="member: 6837"><p><em>He can attach to peers, having lived with them his early years, but not adult figures who want to love and get close to him. Like I said, he tried. At the first sign of conflict, he took off. He does not have any idea how to express emotions. He is extremely appropriate and engaging and charming, but, deep inside, he has always been conflicted and empty and he had expressesd that to me. </em></p><p> </p><p>Wow! you may as well have been describing my difficult child there MDW. This is exactly how she is. She attaches very well with her friends but actually is maybe even slightly <em>obsessed </em>with her friends and the only time she really seems to be happy is when she's around then. She cannot attach to any adult figures at all who want to get close to her. Its like she only trusts other children. </p><p> </p><p><em>Neither want kisses or displays of affection. And both have serious issues with things like materialistic goods (i.e. hoarding and overstocking on things like video games - buying, buying, buying with no purpose to the purchase - just to blow mone</em></p><p> </p><p>This also describes my difficult child down to a 't'. She wants, wants, want all the time. It's like she is trying to fill her empty void inside her with material things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stella, post: 246101, member: 6837"] [I]He can attach to peers, having lived with them his early years, but not adult figures who want to love and get close to him. Like I said, he tried. At the first sign of conflict, he took off. He does not have any idea how to express emotions. He is extremely appropriate and engaging and charming, but, deep inside, he has always been conflicted and empty and he had expressesd that to me. [/I] Wow! you may as well have been describing my difficult child there MDW. This is exactly how she is. She attaches very well with her friends but actually is maybe even slightly [I]obsessed [/I]with her friends and the only time she really seems to be happy is when she's around then. She cannot attach to any adult figures at all who want to get close to her. Its like she only trusts other children. [I]Neither want kisses or displays of affection. And both have serious issues with things like materialistic goods (i.e. hoarding and overstocking on things like video games - buying, buying, buying with no purpose to the purchase - just to blow mone[/I] This also describes my difficult child down to a 't'. She wants, wants, want all the time. It's like she is trying to fill her empty void inside her with material things. [/QUOTE]
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