What is a trauma bond? A trauma bond is when one person feels a strong connection with another because of abusive or traumatic things that have happened in their past. Generally both or at least one person has been abused, neglected, betrayed or in an abusive relationship before, so this kind of relating is all they believe will keep them safe.
What starts out as a bond, usually ends in some form of emotional or psychological abuse by one or the other. The trauma bonded person is often “addicted” to the other person, and ends up withstanding manipulative, disrespectful treatment and often abuse in order to keep that person in their life.
A person who is trauma bonded to another person thinks they are connecting on a deeper, more compassionate level because they are relating to another persons pain. Trauma bonds are dangerous because they subconsciously tap into our wounded inner child and deceive us into thinking that the person we are attaching to, will heal our childhood (or past relationship) broken heart”
– excerpts from my book, the chapter titled The Trap of the Trauma Bond.
It’s possible to get out of this, heal for real, and truly find peace, love, security and happiness.
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