“I miss you;” three little words that indicate your importance to another person. Everyone, even adults, suffer from separation anxiety. Human beings form attachments and when that bond of attachment is stretched, broken, or tested, we experience separation anxiety. Spouses who find themselves separated for several days will call one another and talk as a way of managing stress associated with separation anxiety. “Wish you were here,” is another phrase you will often encounter when adults with language experience separation anxiety. Every creature that has the ability for form an emotional attachment to another creature will suffer from separation anxiety. Even pets, when the owners leave for work, or elsewhere, sometimes have fits of separation anxiety Separation anxiety in dogs often leads to ceaseless barking and crying and it’s all because we all have the capacity to form attachments. This starts in childhood.

Childhood Separation Anxiety

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