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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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The Best Detox In The World

 I’ve just made this up but it seems to work for me to live a healthier and happier life so try it if you dare! 

  1. No processed food
  2. No toxic people (this is the most effective one) 
  3. No social media
  4. No games

But you are allowed 

Fresh fruit, veg, fish, grains, meat, herbs, spices (un processed)
Water, tea, coffee (un processed)
Nice friends 
Fun work 

It’s a start but I might add to it as I think of things… 

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