• Addicted to "Love" - Breaking Trauma Bonds and the Bad Habits of Giving Ourselves Away

  • Feb 9 2024
  • Length: 58 mins
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Addicted to "Love" - Breaking Trauma Bonds and the Bad Habits of Giving Ourselves Away

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  • Have you ever gone back to a romantic relationship or friendship that you know isn’t healthy for you? How can we help survivors break free from trauma bonds with their abusers, acknowledge the reality of the abusive behaviors that can keep them trapped, and survive the withdrawal period long enough to get to safety?

    Trauma bonding is a phenomenon where people who are being abused become empathetic towards and emotionally enmeshed with their abuser, and this can keep people locked into abusive relationships, feeling like they cannot leave because they “love” this person. This episode discusses the neural processes in our brain that keep us locked into toxic relationships, and offers practices and interventions from neuroscience to support breaking the cycle of addiction to unhealthy relationships, just like we can work with any other destructive habit we wish to change.

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