
14/03/2025
Why do we fall for manipulators, abusers and toxic partners ? ☠️💔
Because we come from a place of lack and need instead of a place of DESIRE.
That's why once enmeshed with them, the perspective of ending things with them feels like DYING. Our attachment is so strong that letting go of it feels like our life is being threatened.
And there is a psychological explanation to it, let me explain to you :
This is especially true when dealing with abusers and toxic partners
We seek to meet our childhood unmet needs outside of ourselves.
When we don't process our childhood trauma what ends up happening when we become adults, is that part of us still is seeking for the parent we never had in partners.
Someone to validate us, give us attention or else we lacked in childhood.
This is not something that we necessarily do actively but it's a deep subconscious need that remains there to the least
So when we are faced with love bombing and those needs being met on purpose in order to manipulate us consciously or unconsciously, we fall for it and get completely hooked like an addiction.
All of a sudden we feel whole again and not in pain. Yet this is all an illusion.
Our survival brain takes over, shuts down our critical thinking and no matter how wise or intelligent we are, on an emotional level we can't walk away from that feeling of wholeness we sought for our entire childhood as those primary needs who were never met are finally being met, our survival is not threatened anymore. At least that's how we feel.
That child within us who grew up CRAVING for love finally got all her needs met.
That's why often it takes some time to realize we are being love bombed, that we are actually in a toxic relationship and that the feelings we feel are just the result of love bombing not genuine love.
This is why I'm so passionate about helping women process their childhood trauma as this will literally completely change the trajectory of your life and decisions you make.
Why do I know this ? Because I was there, spent 6 years in an abusive relationship and then kept attracting manipulators, avoidant partners and abusers.
Even after years of self development work on myself. And it's when I finally processed my childhood trauma that I was able to actually not fall for love bombing anymore and free myself from craving a partner which ended up with me meeting the love of my life 🤵🏽♂️👰🏻♀️💞