Sometimes a painful relationship feels magical. Even when it hurts, the heart believes it is a soul connection. Many people ...

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Domestic abusers "weaponize love" by forging "trauma bonds" with their victims before violence begins, new research reveals. The study outlines the "tactical playbook" deployed by male abusers based ...

Letting go of someone who hurt you isn’t always as simple as knowing they were bad for you. Trauma bonds are built on intensity, cycles of pain and relief, and a deep emotional dependency that can ...

At the end of September, Malika Brittingham was arrested after falsely reporting an active shooter at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey. She’d sent a text saying that she’d heard five or ...

A civilian employee at a New Jersey military base falsely reported an active shooter so she could "trauma bond" with her coworkers, according to officials. Here's what to know and what it means.