trauma bond
trauma bond · trauma bonds
A strong psychological attachment that develops between a person and their abuserA strong psychological attachment that develops between a person and their abuser.
» Mark was experiencing a trauma bond.
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1 sensesA strong psychological attachment that develops between a person and their abuser.
Examples
4 sentencesMark was experiencing a trauma bond.
Trauma bonding is very much like a drug addiction.
Jessica was trapped in a trauma bond with someone abusive.
It's not actually love that Jessica is experiencing, but a trauma bond.
Forms
plural: trauma bondsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedtrauma bonding