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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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Technology Has Officially Made Me Lazy (Or Maybe I’m Just Bored?)

This really hurts!!!

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So here I am, writing another blog post. Well… actually no, let’s be honest. I didn’t write this. I asked ChatGPT to do it because I was too lazy to. In fact, I’m so lazy right now I barely even want to copy and paste this text onto my site. That’s the level we’re at.


But seriously—how does someone get this lazy? Is it technology? Is it modern life? Or is it just me being… done?


Think about it. Once upon a time, people:


  • Walked across the room to change the TV channel.
  • Had to cook actual meals without Uber Eats.
  • Carried maps. Yes, paper maps.



Now? I can literally lie on the sofa, shout “Alexa, play something I don’t hate,” and technology sorts it out. No effort, no energy, no brainpower required.


And don’t even get me started on writing. Used to be a whole thing—pen, paper, ideas. Now? I just open ChatGPT and say, “Write me a blog post, please, I’m tired.” Done. Technology motor, lazy mode: activated.


So the big question is: Has technology made us lazy, or are we just bored of everything? Maybe it’s both. Maybe technology is like that friend who says, “Don’t worry, I’ll do it for you,” and before you know it, you haven’t moved in six hours and you’re Googling whether chewing counts as exercise.


Anyway, this post is proof. I’m lazy. Technology is my enabler. And you just read 500 words that I barely lifted a finger for. Thank you, progress.


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