THE MARTIAN
Trauma Of Abandonment
Self-Sufficiency Or Connection?

By Dr. Sandra E. Cohen | February 27, 2016

Director Ridley Scott’s film, The Martian, tells the story of NASA astronaut Mark Watney’s (Matt Damon) accidental abandonment on the barren planet of Mars. Early childhood abandonment also creates a desolate emotional landscape. People can’t be trusted. Hope is fractured. On Mars, Mark has two things to turn to 1. distasteful music of Commander Lewis’…

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