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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I was on the phone with my "best friend" for two hours last week, and when I hung up, I felt worse than when I called. Not better.

A trauma bond can keep you in a relationship that is unhealthy and destructive. Several of your close friends may have already encouraged you to end your relationship because they see the mistreatment ...

As a young girl, Lilli Correll both loved and feared her mother. In good times, she felt special — her mother affectionately called her Monkey, and they often laughed together. “I was her favorite ...

You may have heard of the term trauma bond, but if you were asked to explain what it means, could you? Sometimes it gets thrown around incorrectly to describe people who have bonded over a shared ...

Some relationships grab you from the very first moment. The kind where everything feels amplified, the conversations go ...

When former Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko erupted in anger in a video that quickly went viral online, it was not the theatrics Kenyans have come to associate with him. This time, the fury had ...

We often mistake intensity for intimacy. The initial spark, late-night talks, and the feeling that someone finally gets you can be addictive. It feels like love, like something written in the stars.

At first, Tara Blair Ball's relationship felt intense and impossible to walk away from, the kind of connection people often mistake for soulmates, until she realized it was just a trauma bond.

Certain topics are not discussed enough and one of those sensitive ones is the dynamics of trauma bonding. Relegated to intimate relationships in most cases, it is equally significant and destructive ...