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 ...

Shahida Arabi’s viral research on narcissism and trauma bonds has empowered people to heal from toxic relationships and manifest their dream life. United States, December 25, 2025-- Shahida Arabi is ...

Almost everyone has experienced a toxic relationship at some point in their life — whether with a romantic partner, a family member or even a friend. Trauma-bonded relationships fall under this ...

Learn how to identify the dynamics of trauma bonding, recognize the emotional ties to abusers, and find ways to break trauma bonds. No, we actually *don’t* have a ton of free time right now. Why we ...

When Marissa first came to me, she was going through her second divorce. Both partners had been physically and emotionally abusive during the relationship, and the divorce was nothing short of ...

In our previous posts, we explored how family trauma can shape your parenting without you even knowing it, and then looked at six specific ways trauma shows up in your daily parenting. Now comes the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rahkim covers financial trauma + how to identify & overcome it. The roots of financial trauma go deeper than debt. These six ...