Do 50% of Americans know we have some form of Attachment Disorder? That's the controversial concept of my book "Don't Try This at Home" - the Silent Epidemic of Attachment Disorder" on AttachmentDisorderHealing.com and
http://femhc.org/IntheNews/Blogs/TabId/188/aid/96/Default.aspx?Author=Kathy+Brous
Dr. Mary Main showed in 1994 that 45% of the population is "in-securely attached." Twenty years later with the stress of internet, texts, cell phones, etc., others like neuroscientist Dr. Stephen Porges say it's 50% or more of us, which included me, who have some degree of Attachment Disorder.
I'm working with FEMHC.org on this. They're working with the Vice President's office in Washington to revamp our broken mental health care system (see their home page). We want to remove the stigma from having the pain of Attachment Disorder, by alerting Americans to how widespread it is, and that the distress we feel is real and lawful.
Blog #4 is up for my new book, “Don't Try This at Home: the Silent Epidemic of Attachment Disorder," on the Foundation for Excellence in Mental Health Care site (www.FEMHC.org):
http://femhc.org/IntheNews/Blogs/TabId/188/aid/96/Default.aspx?Author=Kathy+Brous
To read from the start, here's post #1:
http://femhc.org/IntheNews/Blogs/TabId/188/PostId/53/The-Silent-Epidemic-of-Attachment-Disorder.aspx
I'd love your comments on the blog. The "Email" line is not made public or sold. Leave a pen name on the "Name" line if need be; it's all that shows. I want to know how you feel! Being really see and heard by others for what we really feel, is a major way we heal from attachment disorder.
Kathy