WHAT IS ABANDONMENT?For the purpose of this article, I will be exploring the phenomenon of abandonment in the context of a rupture in an attachment relationship or withdrawal by the significant other at the psychological (emotional, sexual, physical) and spiritual levels. This experience will be described in terms of an experience of being feeling rejected, dismissed, devalued, left in a state of emptiness and dread, cut off from a crucial source of sustenance.I will be looking at the