Cravings
Roots of Addiction and Chronic Pain in Early Adoption
Recorded Friday 9 December 2022
With Lucy Hill, Dr Marilyn Sanders and Dr Frances Sommer Anderson
CPD Credits: 3 hours
Skin-to-skin contact between the new-born and birth mother helps to lay a foundation for secure embodied attachment. Conversely, dysregulation in the wake of early separation in the form of a suboptimal postnatal environment can predispose the adopted baby to the risk of addiction and chronic somatic pain in adulthood.
Our presenter, Lucy Hill, was born in the early 1960s in a mother and baby home and was relinquished by her mother at the age of two months.
READ MORE...On seeking treatment for a 10-year history of chronic back pain, she engaged a psychoanalyst who specializes in treating chronic pain from a relational, trauma-informed perspective. At the outset, she experienced “craving” for her analyst, similar to yearnings she had for alcohol and sugar. Exploration of this desire for body contact with her analyst, led her to initiate a successful search for her birth mother. Their reunion revealed the complexities of the disrupted early attachment, and it stimulated latent grieving for the loss of mother.
Lucy and her analyst will present the adoptee’s perspective as it unfolded in the safe holding space of psychoanalysis. Commentary by a neonatologist and pediatrician will elaborate the optimal conditions for mother and baby during pregnancy and discuss the impact on the baby after birth and relinquishment.
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