Seeking love, rationality, kindness, compassion, fairness, integrity and maturity from people who don’t possess these qualities is an example of codependency and trauma bonding in action. Desperation and wishful thinking won’t change a thing. Rather, they keep you stuck in enabling your own abuse. Pursuing people who reject you, “rescuing” people who go from self-created […]
Love Bombing, Brainwashing, Trauma Bonds, Narcissists and Borderlines , Part 1
How do smart people fall for toxic women and men? Why do these individuals remain in self-destructive relationships when their rational adult minds know better? What keeps them stuck in abusive relationships when the costs are so high to themselves and their children? The short answer is likely a combination of codependency, trauma bonds and […]
That’s Not Normal: Inspirational Memes and Drunk Selfies [Meme]
[Ducking behind the potted fern in my well-stocked panic room.] To any woman seeing this who reflexively feels defensive and angry, replace “her” with “him” and “you go girl!” drunkies with “duuuuuuuude!!!!” strip club selfies. Uh-huh. Why are these behaviors red flags? Because they’re middle aged women who: a) Regularly post drunkies (i.e., drunk selfies). […]
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