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Emotional abandonment is a subjective emotional state in which people feel undesired, left behind, insecure, or discarded. People experiencing emotional abandonment may feel at a loss. They may feel like they have been cut off from a crucial source of sustenance or feel withdrawn, either suddenly or through a process of erosion. Emotional abandonment can manifest through loss or separation from a loved one.[1]
Feeling rejected, which is a significant component of emotional abandonment, has a biological impact in that it activates the physical pain centers of the brain and can leave an emotional imprint in the brain's warning system.[2] Emotional abandonment has been a staple of poetry and literature since ancient times.[3]
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- ^ Eisenberger, Naomi I; Lieberman, Matthew D (July 2004). "Why rejection hurts: a common neural alarm system for physical and social pain". Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 8 (7). Elsevier: 294–300. doi:10.1016/j.tics.2004.05.010. ISSN 1364-6613. PMID 15242688. S2CID 15893740.
- ^ Lipking, Lawrence (1988). Abandoned Women and Poetic Tradition. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-2264-8452-5.