If the answer to any of these questions above is a yes, then you need some help in order to solve these abandonment issues. And you are not alone. These feeling of abandonment can develop due to a lot of environmental factors like if you have endured any kind of trauma, be it physical, emotional, or sexual abuse; been neglect as a child due to unstable family dynamics, faced spousal abuse, divorce, drug abuse or there could be chronic physical or mental illness of a family member, death of a family member.