Separation Anxiety Disorder as Proximity Wrong Attractor: Attachment Figures as D(ξ) Regulators, Separation as Existential Displacement, and the Developmental Persistence of Proximity-Maintenance Compulsion
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| contents | We apply the Displacement Framework to Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD), formalizing it as a proximity wrong attractor W_proximity maintained by catastrophic over-calibration of D(ξ_separation) — the subjective cost of being away from attachment figures is experienced as existential threat rather than manageable discomfort. The autonomous regulation ground state S⁰_autonomous is defined via five components: separation as manageable D(ξ), self-regulatory capacity without attachment figure proximity, secure-base exploration, internal working model registering figures as available when physically absent, and developmental stage-appropriate independence. W_proximity is maintained by three reinforcing mechanisms — catastrophic separation cognitions, physiological hyperactivation during separation, and relief-upon-proximity-restoration as negative reinforcement — with basin depth formally expressed as Δ = Δ_cog + Δ_phys + Δ_relief + Δ_acc. Nine formal propositions are derived covering: S⁰_autonomous definition (P1), W_proximity formation through D(ξ_separation) over-calibration (P2), the three reinforcement mechanisms (P3), accommodation as inadvertent basin-deepening through repeated proximity restoration without D(ξ_separation) recalibration (P4), the developmental trajectory in which childhood W_proximity target shifts from parent to romantic partner in adult SAD (P5), the adult SAD misdiagnosis problem (P6), the accommodation trap parallel to agoraphobia's safe-person dependency (P7), graduated exposure as systematic D(ξ_separation) recalibration (P8), and exploitation of proximity compulsion in intimate partner violence contexts (P9). The paper formally distinguishes SAD from anxious attachment, reactive attachment disorder, and agoraphobia. |
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| spellingShingle | Separation Anxiety Disorder as Proximity Wrong Attractor: Attachment Figures as D(ξ) Regulators, Separation as Existential Displacement, and the Developmental Persistence of Proximity-Maintenance Compulsion Rincon, Diego alice cloe separation anxiety disorder displacement framework proximity wrong attractor attachment Bowlby accommodation graduated exposure adult SAD developmental anxiety SPACE program We apply the Displacement Framework to Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD), formalizing it as a proximity wrong attractor W_proximity maintained by catastrophic over-calibration of D(ξ_separation) — the subjective cost of being away from attachment figures is experienced as existential threat rather than manageable discomfort. The autonomous regulation ground state S⁰_autonomous is defined via five components: separation as manageable D(ξ), self-regulatory capacity without attachment figure proximity, secure-base exploration, internal working model registering figures as available when physically absent, and developmental stage-appropriate independence. W_proximity is maintained by three reinforcing mechanisms — catastrophic separation cognitions, physiological hyperactivation during separation, and relief-upon-proximity-restoration as negative reinforcement — with basin depth formally expressed as Δ = Δ_cog + Δ_phys + Δ_relief + Δ_acc. Nine formal propositions are derived covering: S⁰_autonomous definition (P1), W_proximity formation through D(ξ_separation) over-calibration (P2), the three reinforcement mechanisms (P3), accommodation as inadvertent basin-deepening through repeated proximity restoration without D(ξ_separation) recalibration (P4), the developmental trajectory in which childhood W_proximity target shifts from parent to romantic partner in adult SAD (P5), the adult SAD misdiagnosis problem (P6), the accommodation trap parallel to agoraphobia's safe-person dependency (P7), graduated exposure as systematic D(ξ_separation) recalibration (P8), and exploitation of proximity compulsion in intimate partner violence contexts (P9). The paper formally distinguishes SAD from anxious attachment, reactive attachment disorder, and agoraphobia. |
| title | Separation Anxiety Disorder as Proximity Wrong Attractor: Attachment Figures as D(ξ) Regulators, Separation as Existential Displacement, and the Developmental Persistence of Proximity-Maintenance Compulsion |
| topic | separation anxiety disorder displacement framework proximity wrong attractor attachment Bowlby accommodation graduated exposure adult SAD developmental anxiety SPACE program |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20412138 |