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Trauma bonds are a form of psychological addiction that is created through a series of relationship highs and lows. Intermittent validation, compassion, and affirmation are followed by periods of rejection and abandonment. Narcissists will use affirmation and abandonment as emotional weapons, rendering an unaware target of how they are being trauma bonded within toxic relationship dynamics. Lisa A. Romano, Life Coach , Codependency, and Narcissistic Abuse expert breaks it all down in this informative episode.