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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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Sunday Thoughts - Fake People and the Art of Spotting Bullshit

Fake People and the Art of Spotting Bullshit

Published Oct 12, 2025 · Sunday Thoughts · 3 min read

This is a really random blog post, but does anyone else enjoy spotting fake people? You know the ones — all words, no action. If you stop listening to what they say and just look at what they actually do, it’s hilarious. Their mouths just splurge out bullshit after bullshit after bullshit… but their actions? Nothing. Nada. Zero. It’s like — mate, you do fuck all, and you talk absolute nonsense.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been surrounded by these people plenty of times. But isn’t it funny how you can tell almost straight away who they are? That built-in bullshit detector is honestly the best sixth sense you could ever have — unless, of course, you’re bullshitting yourself. Then there’s no hope for that one.

Anyway, that’s another random Sunday post from me. Just thought I’d share it with you.

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