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Attachment Weaponisation: The Bond Was Never an Accident

Attachment Weaponisation: The Bond Was Never an Accident I never noticed the closeness being built. I just assumed it was love, and assumed what I owed because of it, without either of us ever saying it out loud. Short version: Trauma bonding is usually described as something that happens to you, almost by accident, through unpredictable reward. A 2025 Cambridge study, interviewing eighteen women with sustained attachment to abusive partners, found something sharper underneath that: the closeness itself is often deliberately constructed early on, specifically so it can be exploited later. Researchers call this attachment weaponisation. The unsettling part is that it isn't always obvious while it's happening. It can feel completely organic, right up until you realise how much invisible obligation got built into it along the way. What is attachment weaponisation? A 2025 study led by researchers at the University of Cambridge, published in the journal Violence Aga...
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  1. Wake up early
  2. Eat whole grain cereals with added wheat germ and seeds 
  3. Drink decaffeinated tea & coffee
  4. Eat lots of root based foods that grow above ground 
  5. Limit meat to lean meat like chicken and fish
  6. No processed foods
  7. Top up on water every hour and before meals 
  8. Limit screen time except for work
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  10. Use stairs not a lift
  11. No alcohol
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