"SHE MADE BROKEN LOOK BEAUTIFUL AND STRONG LOOK INVINCIBLE. SHE WALKED WITH THE UNIVERSE ON HER SHOULDERS AND MADE IT LOOK LIKE A PAIR OF WINGS" Worked that row machine. After a few therapy sessions I have a word to work through, abandonment. Abandonment, little did I know this word would be the source of all of my issues, my demons, my darkest concerns that spawned bi-products. What I have learned so far is this has only affected my intimate relationships not my relationships with friends. I have also learned the beginning of my abandonment issues started when I was 12 when my Dad died unexpectedly. So this is what they refer to as unintentional abandonment because he didn't leave on his own, he didn't leave me because he wanted to, he didn't have a choice. He wasn't sick so it wasn't something we were planning on happening either. He was however in NY taking care of his mother who had cancer and was dying, he had been gone for ...