Comments on: Fear of Abandonment or Being Left Alone Phobia – Autophobia https://www.globalfears.com/fear-of-abandonment-phobia-autophobia/ The Ultimate List of Phobias and Fears Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:07:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Hailey https://www.globalfears.com/fear-of-abandonment-phobia-autophobia/#comments/113084 http://www.globalfears.com/?p=234#comment-113084 Honestly I don ™t know what I have but every time I get left by myself I get very scared. I can hear one noise and I think about the worst things that could possibly happen, mostly thinking someone is in the house and they are gonna come try to hurt me. Idk why. I ™ve never been in a bad situation like that but it just comes to my mind and at night it gets 10x worse. I get so scared I start shaking and no matter what, I need to have every light on in the house and in a room somewhere with my back against the wall so I can see everything. Someone please tell me what I could do to help? This has only been going on for about 2 years. I ™m only 20.

]]> By: Le https://www.globalfears.com/fear-of-abandonment-phobia-autophobia/#comments/93522 http://www.globalfears.com/?p=234#comment-93522 The hardest part of this phobia, for me, is whether I have it or not. I have abandonment issues thanks to an aunt who would always promise to be there but never showed, a half brother and his wife who showered me with affection until they had a kid and went MIA for 10 years, and various other relatives who had no issues ignoring me after my grandma’s death. I am terrified of my mom dying because I don’t want her to leave me alone. I am afraid to be in relationships because I know they’ll leave too. I tried having friends but my best friend left me to live with his mom in another state and it hurt really badly. I felt bad about how I felt so I never told him about it because I was afraid he would stay and resent me for it. I hate going places in public without someone with me. That being said, I am also very antisocial and like to be left alone so I’m constantly struggling between these two polar opposite struggles and it is not only anxiety inducing but exhausting.

]]> By: Phyllis A Locke https://www.globalfears.com/fear-of-abandonment-phobia-autophobia/#comments/92697 http://www.globalfears.com/?p=234#comment-92697 In reply to Life is one Squeeze Every Moment PRIYA.

That’s really excellent advice. Thank you. I have a hard time letting myself feel what I feel.

]]> By: Mike Lipinski https://www.globalfears.com/fear-of-abandonment-phobia-autophobia/#comments/83817 http://www.globalfears.com/?p=234#comment-83817 In reply to One Small Step At A Time.

How old were you at that time? Just asking, because I went through something similar many times when I was about 8 years old. My parents never abandoned me, but their lack of concern and their indifferent parenting skills – my mother was a narcissist and my father her enabler – created a toxic vacuum in my soul, and now many, many years later, I still go through this with my wife and have gone through a similar thing with my son, who is now an adult.

I wish I were. I don’t feel much like an adult when I become emotionally paralyzed when I try to reach my wife by phone and she doesn’t get back to me right away.

]]> By: Kristen k https://www.globalfears.com/fear-of-abandonment-phobia-autophobia/#comments/81704 http://www.globalfears.com/?p=234#comment-81704 In reply to Cutepieabby.

I need help

]]> By: Annoymous https://www.globalfears.com/fear-of-abandonment-phobia-autophobia/#comments/78644 http://www.globalfears.com/?p=234#comment-78644 In reply to MeMyself.

That ™s actually the same for me.

]]> By: One Small Step At A Time https://www.globalfears.com/fear-of-abandonment-phobia-autophobia/#comments/69414 http://www.globalfears.com/?p=234#comment-69414 I have suffered from this for about 2 years and it all started when i was sleeping and i woke from this very light sleep when i heard my dog barking to go outside when i woke up i noticed my parents didn’t take him out and when i did take him out i didn’t see neither of their cars outside and then i got worried and ran to their room and they weren’t there and this is when i ran to find my phone but they left their phones and i was home alone for a day i had things to keep my mind off of it but i was crying so much because it was my only guardian that was at my home but when they came back they said they where going to a friends and got into traffic when they got there it was really late and my mom didn’t really want not drive home and my dad had a few drinks so i wasn’t too mad.

]]> By: Cutepieabby https://www.globalfears.com/fear-of-abandonment-phobia-autophobia/#comments/67740 http://www.globalfears.com/?p=234#comment-67740 In reply to MeMyself.

I had a guy friend that was always there for me but then he left without saying anything in 5th grade, but last year when one of my friends that i met in 2nd grade that lived in fremont, came to my school, i didn’t talk to him that much until this year because 7th grade has been hell for me emotionally, especially when someone that i know tried to OD last week. But now we will never leave each other, we will always be there for one another. What im trying to say is, find someone that you have known forever and just keep talking with them almost every day and you’ll have this bond that will never be broken.

]]> By: the girl who cares https://www.globalfears.com/fear-of-abandonment-phobia-autophobia/#comments/66958 http://www.globalfears.com/?p=234#comment-66958 Hello, i am studying phobias and i think that this is awesome that you did this, so thank you!

]]> By: sheetal Gandhi https://www.globalfears.com/fear-of-abandonment-phobia-autophobia/#comments/64016 http://www.globalfears.com/?p=234#comment-64016 In reply to Emily.

i am facing a similar problem

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