Abandonment issues dialogue prompts
“Fine, go, see if I care.”
“I think you DO care! I think you care so much that it scares you.”
“what, so you’re just gonna walk away!? You’re just gonna leave!?”
“I’m going to the bathroom…”
“they always do this. Walk away the second things get a little tough!”
constantly glancing round a room or feeling around their bed to check a friend or partner is still there. (This can be a conscious or unconscious action.
avoidant. “They can’t choose to leave if I make them leave,” or “they can’t leave if I leave first”
clingy, needs reassurance, people pleasing
“I like the blue one-“
“The red ones- yeah no. Blue, definitely blue.”
“So what, you think you can just waltz back into my life after leaving me?”
“I don’t need you! Get that through your thick skull, I’ve managed on my own for long enough without you or anybody else to tie me down.”
“It’s fine. Honestly, it’s cool, I’m used to it.”
“I have thick skin, I’m not gonna breakdown because some- some guy doesn’t wanna stick around..”
“This is a lesson you gotta learn on the job, kid, you can never trust anyone to stay. You’ll always end up disappointed.”
“What, are you just going? Running away before any of us can, hm?”
“Look- (name) I think we both know this team doesn’t need me.”
“It’s not about being needed! It’s about the fact you’re family now and you don’t just get to bail whenever you feel like it.”
“I can’t lose you too- cmon, stay with me- you can’t leave as well!”
“Go away! Just leave me alone.”
“Oh you’d like that wouldn’t you, so you could group me in with the other idiots that have hurt you.”
“No wonder everybody leaves, I’d leave me too if I could,
“I’m like a stray dog waiting for the next pitiful philanthropist to come use for their charity case!”
“Maybe I’m the problem. I mean it’s safe to say there’s certainly a pattern.”
“I’ll see you afterwards right- right? Hey where are you going?”