Disorder and Bonding

Abstract

The information contained within this paper serves the purpose of comparing attachment disorders and the effects that it may have on the bonding experience between parents and their child/children. It takes into account and describes a number of real life experiences, including that of the infamous Jeffrey Dahmer, of which attachment disorders may have possibly been present and the analysis of what role these disorders played within the bonding encounter. There is the discussion of how attachment disorders interrupt everyday life situations, and the effects of ignoring these disorders. It goes on to discuss how attempting to establish a bond with a child later on in life could be more difficult than doing so at a time when it could possibly be done with much more ease. The information laid out in the paper serves the purpose of ultimately deciding on a personal level, whether adoption of a child, who has possibly already grown past the attachment stage, would be favorable. The outcomes in these types of situations can vary greatly.

Attachment Disorder vs. Bonding

Attachment disorders or often confusing and can be described in many different ways. People often confuse attachments with bonding, although, one can be done without the other. For example you can be attached to someone and not have a bond, just as well as you can bond and not be attached. Attachment is a deepening affectionate, psychological connection between two people that endures over time. An example of an attachment disorder is when a mother leaves her a child for the first time the parent and child may feel the need to cry, hug and or display other emotional characteristics because either one or all are having difficulties separating from each other. Bonding is the formation of a close emotional tie between people, e.g. the establishment of a relationship between a mother and her newly born infant (Grace, 1998). For example, if you were holding a conversation with a stranger and you...