Episode 30- Trauma Bond

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Journal Prompt:

1. Think about a situation where you were being abused or negatively treated by someone. Are these actions helping the abuser obtain their dopamine fix or fulfill their own mental needs of control? Or is it helping you get your fix?

2. Now think about a positive experience with that person. What happened right before the good time? What happened right after? Was the abuser being genuinely kind, or was it love bombing or an action they used against you later? 

3. Does this person bring you more positivity or negativity?

4. If you are ready to end your relationship with this person, what steps do you need to take to move on? Is there someone who can help you get to that point and support you in the process of making it happen?

5. If you are unable to end the relationship, or while you are in the process of removing them, what can you do to understand that it is abuse and still break down your borders in your mind? (Grey rocking, counseling, self-help books, a support system of positive people.) 

6. Making the decision to go no contact is not easy, but so worth it. What resources do you have to make that move, to begin your healing journey, and provide support through that process? Are you really ready for this? If so, there will be no stopping you! I have faith in you!!!