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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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3 Fun Ways On How To Make Time For Myself

3 Fun Ways On How To Make Time For Myself


  • Tell the family to make their own meals and entertain their selves 
  • Turn your bathrooom into a spa 
  • Cook yourself a nice fillet of salmon with a glass of bubbly and relax

There’s always going to be demanding people in life but if you can get them to entertain themselves and cook for themselves you will have so much more time to make time for yourself 

Try it, you might like it 😉 

Tips: I bought a panini machine so everyone can make their own paninis! 
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