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This is not just an article, it is a true story. At the end I offer a couple of hypotheses, a few guesses. I would very much like to hear from you, dear readers, what you think — and perhaps someone knows similar stories. Share your thoughts and observations; perhaps you know grown-up ‘abandoned babies’ — what do you notice in their character?

This article covers only part of what ‘personal boundaries’ means, why they matter and how to work out where yours lie. The subject is in fact enormous — you cannot describe all of it, and everyone's reasons are their own.

Grief is an inseparable part of human experience. In the course of our lives we face losses and live through emotional pain that is inseparable from grieving. Understanding the stages of grief and the psychology behind them can help us make sense of this process and work our way through it.

The concept of “neurosis” was introduced into medicine in 1776 by the Scottish physician William Cullen. The content of the term has been revised more than once, and to this day it has no single generally accepted definition. It should also be borne in mind that in medicine and biology “neurosis” may be the name for various functional disturbances of higher nervous activity.