If you’ve ever felt a surge of pure, unadulterated panic because your partner took more than twelve minutes to text you back, welcome to the club. You’re likely dealing with an abandonment wound , a psychological phenomenon that is essentially the emotional equivalent of having a software bug that sends out "SYSTEM CRITICAL" alerts every time someone walks toward an exit. In clinical terms, an abandonment wound is a deep-seated fear of being rejected, left, or neglected, usu