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separation anxiety

sep·a·ra·tion anx·i·e·ty (plural sep·a·ra·tion anx·i·e·ties)


noun 
Definition:
 
anxiety at being alone: a state of anxiety caused in somebody, especially a young child, by the thought or fact of being separated from his or her mother or primary caregiver

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