There are important differences between trauma bonds and codependency.
What is a Trauma Bond?
How Is It Different from Codependency?
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This bond is cemented through the threat of danger andintermittent reinforcementof hot and cold behaviors from the abuser.
They may be highly independent, self-sufficient, and self-assured.
Similarities Between Codependency and Trauma Bonding
There are similarities between codependent and just trauma bonded individuals.
Both invest in a toxic relationship even when it continues to harm them.
Both can engage in a form of emotional caretaking of their partners or loved ones.
Both trauma bonded and codependent individuals can suffer from lowered self-esteem.
The codependent individual bolsters their fragile self-esteem by overextending themselves for people who cannot reciprocate.
It is time to stop saving others and start saving yourself.
