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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...

How to feel good about yourself

 If your feeling down in the dumps, the only person that can lift you up is you. 

Put one day aside and do what you love...

  1. Dye your hair
  2. Pluck your eyebrows 
  3. Buy some nice face serum
  4. Wax unwanted hairs
  5. Make your own face scrub (olive oil and sugar are a good mix)
  6. Have a ladies lunch (healthy salads are great)
  7. Get some exercise 
  8. Call a good friend 
  9. Buy sexy clothes
  10. Make your home feel nice 
Try it, you’ll feel a lot more energised and feel a lot more good about yourself 

Do this whenever you feel bad about yourself to lift your spirits
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