Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Signs you’re trauma-bonded and calling it love:
• You leave and come back repeatedly
• You feel addicted, not happy
• The highs erase the lows — until they don’t
• You can’t explain why you stay

Trauma bonding works through intermittent reinforcement — the same mechanism as gambling addiction. The inconsistency is what keeps you.

Send this to someone stuck in a cycle they can’t explain.

Signs You Didn’t Know You Had series — Part 12. Follow for Part 13.

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