When I was still very small my parents used to go out at night for work and leave me alone in the dark house, assuming I was sleeping but I always woke up and desperately searching for them. This was usually very traumatizing to me. I thought I was lost forever.


When we were out, and they told me to wait for them alone for a few minutes or I lost them, I had such huge panic attack that I started screaming and crying like I was about to die. It also always happened if they took a few minutes longer to show up at school for picking me up etc... My reaction happened almost automatically. When I was a bit older I always begged them to stay home with me. 
No need to tell you how annoyed they were about all this.


Until this day I get a very intense fear whenever I am out with someone, and they suddenly are out of sight. Does anybody know this and are there any tips to make it a bit easier?