EPISODE · May 3, 2022 · 36 MIN
How to Break a Trauma Bond
from Mental Health Discovery and Recovery with Mary Joye LMHC · host MHNR Network, LLC
Has anyone ever asked you why you just can't leave a bad relationship? Why is it so difficult to break up with someone who has you in a trauma bond, built with intermittent reinforcement of phases and phrases of love bombing and discarding you. This is the foundation and dynamic of narcissist abuse. It hurts and getting free is like breaking an addiction. A trauma bond creates the same physiological symptoms as an addiction but you can get free and relieve the cognitive dissonance and dissociation from your true self. This will guide you and assist you to reconnecting with yourself while detaching from the bonder with good boundaries. When you become conscious of your physiological hook you can break the cycle and this will teach you how!
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Has anyone ever asked you why you just can't leave a bad relationship? Why is it so difficult to break up with someone who has you in a trauma bond, built with intermittent reinforcement of phases and phrases of love bombing and discarding you. This is the foundation and dynamic of narcissist abuse. It hurts and getting free is like breaking an addiction. A trauma bond creates the same physiological symptoms as an addiction but you can get free and relieve the cognitive dissonance and dissociation from your true self. This will guide you and assist you to reconnecting with yourself while detaching from the bonder with good boundaries. When you become conscious of your physiological hook you can break the cycle and this will teach you how!
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