Understanding trauma bonding – identifying abusive and distressing relationships and rewarding them with brief positive reinforcement – is critical to understanding why people find it difficult to leave painful relationships. Solh Wellness explains about it's Symptoms and Signs and the Most Effective Way to Break the Bond.

1. Discovering trauma bond
relationships

2. Trauma overwhelms the brain's ability to cope and is a highly charged
emotional or psychological response to specific events. You are trauma
bonded if it feels like losing your sense of self and feeling off-centered.
A trauma bond is as addictive as drugs. The person who makes you feel low is
also the person who can make you feel high. One person abuses and the
second keeps fearing detachment.
Trauma bonds occur not just in romantic relationships but also between family
members, friends, and even co-workers.
Introduction

3. Signs & Symptoms of
Trauma Bonding

4. Intimidation
1
Emotional abuse,
possible physical abuse
2
Denial, Minimization,
and Blaming
4
Isolation from friends and family
3
Signs & Symptoms of Trauma Bonding
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7
Control over decisions and/or finances
Threats and Coercion
Mistrust
Poor boundaries

5. 4
Minimizing denying &
blaming in case of bad behavior
Isolating you
Using threats & coercion
Cognitive Dissonance
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Is the other person:
1
2
3
Using children or friends against you
5 Coercion or physical harm
6 Using privilege to keep you under their
thumb

6. Get you hooked and gain your trust
Shift to criticism and devaluation
4
Love bombing
7 Stages of Trauma Bonding
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2
3
Gaslighting
5 Resignation & submission
6 Loss of sense of self
7 Emotional Addiction

7. How to Break the Bond?

8. Try following specialized therapies
Join support groups
Share problems with supportive & trustworthy peers
Accept being paranoid
Learn to forgive others
Stop blaming yourself
Disconnect with the specific abuser(s)
Make yourself understand this relationship
Though it may be difficult, there are ways to break free from a trauma bond.
will not work anymore
How to Break the Bond?

9. If you feel weak, don’t mentally berate yourself;
speak to yourself in compassionate, understanding,
and reflective ways. Remember that you are a work
in progress and that life is a journey. Allow us to
assist you in reclaiming your voice and finding your
way forward. Solh Wellness experienced and
trained therapists will assist you in identifying the
underlying causes of your problems and developing
healthy coping mechanisms.
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