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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 love yourself without a man

 This is possibly the best time to love yourself as you don’t have a man to worry about. 

Here are my pro tips! 

  1. Prepare healthy meals for the whole week
  2. Set up an exercise routine for 2 x 10 minutes  a day
  3. Make your bathroom feel like a spa (just add candles)
  4. Clean and decorate your house if needed
  5. Start a small business that gets you excited
I love to eat lots of fresh fish with vegetables, go for 2 x walks a day and relax in the bath with candles and this does it for me  😊 

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