Understanding Trauma Bonding: Why Leaving Can Be So Hard
Updated: 4 days ago
If you have ever tried to explain to someone why you cannot simply walk away from a relationship that is hurting you, you will probably know the look they give you. The slight confusion. The gentle frustration. Maybe even the quiet implication that if you really wanted to leave, you would.
What that look misses is that the attachment formed in certain kinds of relationships is not straightforward. It does not behave the way most people expect love to behave. Understanding why can make an enormous difference, both to the people living inside these dynamics and to the people around them trying to understand.
This blog is about trauma bonding: what it is, how it forms, and why it is so deeply connected to the dynamics that show up in abusive and coercive relationships.
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