Many individuals stay in detrimental relationships not due to ignorance but because of a mistaken understanding of love. Emotional intensity, often rooted in unresolved attachment issues from childhood, can mask dysfunction. Societal narratives equate love with drama and chaos, leading to a belief that such intensity signifies real love. This cognitive bias, combined with a fear of being unlovable and sunk cost fallacy, keeps people invested in harmful dynamics, mistaking emotional turbulence for genuine connection.
Intensity and unpredictability can recruit the brain's reward pathways, making toxic relationships feel right.
Unresolved attachment wounds can lead us to unconsciously seek relationships mirroring our dramatic childhood.
Irrational fear of being unlovable and not deserving better can keep us trapped in a harmful relationship.
A cognitive aversion against losses causes us to keep investing in failed relationships.
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