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Eve and David's story of Reactive Attachment Disorder
Reactive Attachment Disorder is a condition that can cause children to form poor relationships with adults after suffering maltreatment in early childhood. Eve adopted David when he was a small child. He remembers nothing of the very early years of his life, but Eve is only too aware of the appalling abuse and neglect he was put through. David’s now 32. Eve describes the first time they met.
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