Trauma Bonds are Diabolical

We thought we loved them.

But they definitely did not love us.

Sometimes we enter relationships that

Seem caring and helping,

Even loving and lasting.

But after a time,

We discover that our significant other is

Playing a dangerous and diabolical game with

Our bodies, minds, hearts, and souls.

What we were fooled into thinking was

Dedication and determination,

Even sacredness and safety, was really

A malicious plan to trick us into

Clinging to a perceived safe haven inside

A cold, dark, daily maelstrom of pain

Filled with unhealthy attachments

Distorted emotions, harmful manipulations and

Abuses too numerous to count.

They confuse and confound us by

Pretending to rely on us

Reinforcing the pretense that they care by

Flattering us and

Surprising us with gifts.

But the constant unpredictability of

Their physical, emotional, intellectual,

Relational, and yes, even spiritual attentiveness

Causes lethal overdoses of adrenaline and dopamine

In their spectral ability to cause at will:

Stress and serenity

Codependency and calm

Threat and reassurance

Isolation and activity.

This is diabolical action.

And here's how you begin to heal:

Grieve. But don't just grieve the person

You thought you knew.

Grieve love.

Grieve the love you deserved.

And remember. Seriously and soberly remember:

You are worthy of the kind of love that DOES NOT

Require you to commit emotional and spiritual suicide on a daily basis.

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