News of Reactive Attachment Disorder Forum

On the web I read some suggestions for adoptive parents (just curious, I am not planning to adopt a child), and they were discussing about attachment disorders, and problematic behaviours.

Where I get confused, it's that I don't like to abuse people, when I am in a powerful position. I hate it, and I don't act that way. But sometimes, abused children seem to expect your bad behaviour; they seem to believe that you are ...

I'm wondering if anyone recieved treatment for this disorder in their childhood/youth?

If so, what type of treatment?

Did it make a difference?

Did they involve a caregiver? Was the caregiver willing?

Hi I've just joined, I have two children with special needs, 7 and 5, both show some autistic traits, demand avoidance, speech delay, developmental delays, Sensory Processing needs, social communication difficulties. My daughter 7 was assessed for ASD but it was diagnosed, despite the fact it was acknowledged she showed traits. Early childhood trauma was blamed instead. The biological father was an alcoholic and mentally unstable, mentally but not physically abusive to me. This all ...

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I have a problem. For years I've been getting attached to older women. This always ends in disaster as the woman on the other end usually finds me too much.
At the moment it's a lady in my drama group. This has been going on nearly 3 years. As I'm afraid of saying and doing the wrong thing, I've found it hard to form a friendship. I communicate with her mostly on text and email. ...

Hello folks,

I hope I do not discourage anyone from commenting with such a long initial post.

I am hoping to interact with people to gain insight and support for someone who has RAD.

I only recently realized what this person suffers from. I described some behavior and a friend used a couple of terms that sent me Googling, Attachment Disorder and Displaced Anger. I found a website listing 12 characteristics of Attachment Disorder and ...

When my ex was born, his birth mother took him to the Souel South Korea city dump and left him for dead. They believe he survived on his own for nearly a week before he was found at the brink of death. He was nursed back to health and then immediatly adopted and was flown to Seattle Washington. When I met his parents his adopterd mother told me this story like it was nothing right ...

Hi,

I'm looking to find more literature on topic of Reactive Attachment Disorder. I'd appreciate if someone would point me in proper direction.

I connect most of my psychological problems with a narcissistic parent, but occasionally wonder if abrupt separation from my parents when I was a year and a half (separation that was supposed to last for couple of months, but turned into years) had its share as well. I hardly remember first few ...

hello all - looking for a little help for my partner if possible, perhaps somebody out there can give her some advise or help with what shes going through or me for that matter.

in october 2014 i started a relationship with a fantastic woman (ill call her jill) at the time we were both still in unhappy marriages so i guess it was an affair.
in early 2015 jills husband had the chance to ...

I don't trust people, and I have not been able to get a job, so I have focused instead on recovering from attachment trauma and emotional numbness, because there are no available experts on this from where I live. The only place that I've gotten any decent advice I've found useful is from Kathy Brous's site, and non violent communicators.

So, are there any experts here? Also, what is the difference twain regular attachment, and ...