分離恐懼症 (Separation Anxiety Disorder)

由於讀心理學, 對不同種類的精神情緒問題的認識自然會比一般人多, 加上自己性格, 會較敏感, 容易察覺問題. 當中對抑鬱比較熟識. 今天因為將要做樓導師而上了 Mental Health First Aid Course. 當中所學的其實很多對我來說都不算新的東西. 有不少自己都經歷過或深刻體會到.

但當中有一個課題, 探討了anxiety disorder (焦慮症). 焦慮症分很多種, 有Generalized Anxiety Disorder (廣泛性焦慮症), Panic Disorder (驚恐症), Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (創傷後壓力症), Agoraphobia (廣場恐懼症), Phobia Disorders (恐懼症), Separation Anxiety Disorder (分離恐懼症), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder(強迫症).

對當中大部分的anxiety disorder 都有少許認識, 但對Separation Anxiety Disorder...真的沒有想過. 學過嬰兒時期會有separation anxiety...但不知道長大後會可以有一種叫Separation Anxiety Disorder 的焦慮症...其實可能學過, 但完全地遺忘了. 今天一學, 令我自然地想起自己的經歷...

Separation Anxiety Disorder的定義是 - 對於離開家庭或親人或倚附的人, 有過度的恐懼,不安,而導致各種焦慮症狀的反應, 甚至影響日常生活, 工作及人際關係.

我相信我所經歷的並沒有嚴重到Separation Anxiety Disorder..But it really worth some thoughts over this issue. A topic to be explored =)

Separation, the one that you rely on, the one that you place all your trust on...and how disappointment and destruction of the relationship between you and the significant ones create the kind of anxiety and helplessness...eventually lead to a separation anxiety spread that have no turnig back. An issue yet to be understood...
A change of significant others, from father and mother, to siblings, to your loved ones...to...who else? until the day when separation no longer stir up lasting negative emotions that you cannot handle. When and what. Who and how? A day yet to be discovered.