Beyond The Obvious
In this day and age, a broken home, or a home wherein the mother and the father are legally separated from each other, is nothing new. In fact, it is a common occurrence that no one seems to lift an eyebrow upon learning that a certain family is “broken.” Due to its prevalence, people have have began to look into the issues of separation, including its ill effects on the members of the family. One of these effects is called attachment disorders.
Unlike other psychological disorders, attachment disorders can be passed on from one generation to another generation. But that is where the commonalities end. Other disorders are passed on through genes, but with attachment disorder, this is not the case. Attachment disorder can be passed on when the trauma that is experienced by one child leads him to suffer from this illness, and consequently, his or her treatment to the kids he or she will have when he or she becomes a father or a mother will reflect the same treatment that he or she has begotten from his parents. Thus the cycle continues, and it will not be broken unless something is done about it.
There are several kinds of attachment disorders. A child suffers from Avoidant Attchment Disorder is a child who avoids closeness and emotional connection due to his or her parents emotional unavailability or rejection. Meanwhile, he or she may be suffering from Disorganized Attachment Disorder when a child’s experience with his or her parents are bordered on traumatizing events and frightening occurences.
