I was born to a teenage mother where there had been physical abuse between my mother and father. Although my mother had been caring and loving towards me, my father eventually distanced himself because he wanted to be with a family he had created during my parents' marriage. By the time I was five he had become completely absent from my life. Because of witnessing my father's abuse of my mother, I had become a child who couldn't count on others to be kind or caring in my life, which made me tired of others around me. I had projected my insecurities onto other people, especially when my mother started dating other men as I was afraid of any man my mother started dating, I mistrusted men and pushed people away because I was afraid they would leave me. to become the only person I would ever trust and feel comfortable attaching myself to in life. This theory is related to Erikson's "trust versus" distrust theory where children trust and expect their relationships to be persistently rewarding or the child is distrustful and is persistently distrustful of those around them, in effect the ​​child will withdraw from the people around them. Because of my childhood lifestyle I had become a wary child. I didn't like strangers, especially men, approaching me and had always been afraid that they might hurt me or my mother. This in turn has continued to follow me throughout my development as I continue to struggle with it into my early adulthood. Despite the amount of mistrust I had developed, I was a child full of wonder and possessed the desire to be an individual. When I was younger, at the age of three, I wanted to buy my own food with that little...... middle of paper......le to become more open to people and to have learned to allow myself to create bonds with others and not be afraid that they will leave my life or that they may hurt me emotionally. With this, I can see myself having more trust in others and creating better bonds with people which can eventually lead me to form more intimate relationships with others without burdening others with my insecure attachment style. Works CitedBeam, M., Servaty-Sieb, H., & Mathews, L. (2004). PARENTAL LOSS AND NUTRITION-RELATED COGNITIONS AND BEHAVIORS IN COLLEGE-AGE WOMEN.JournalOf Loss & Trauma, 9(3), 247-255.ROMANS, S.E., MARTIN, J.M., GENDALL, K., & HERBISON, G.P. (2003) . Age at menarche: the role of some psychosocial factors. Psychological Medicine, 33(5),933-9. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/204500288?accountid=12597