Is it a trauma bond? My name is Andrea and this is adult child. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean.

Yeah, yeah.

What you holding on to,

What you holding on to,

but just let it all go.

What's making you slow now?

Let it all go.

What's you got to do?

Welcome back to Adult Child

where we take a deep dive into the impact of growing up in a dysfunctional family.

I apologize for the delay y'all. I was on vacation. I tried to record down there.

It sounded like shit. I am always trying to have the best experience

for your ears, so I'm back here in my closet recording next to my cat's litter box.

So today we are diving deep into trauma bonding, which is a psychological

response to abuse in which a victim develops an unhealthy

connection with their abuser. Yes, super uplifting as always, but I do think that this is a really fascinating topic.

There is a lot to unpack here.

For today, I just want to cover the basics and talk about why growing up in a dysfunctional family puts us at a greater

risk for finding ourselves in trauma bonds in adulthood, just another wonderful perk of having a fucked up childhood lucky

us and then I am talking to writer poet memoirist Alan Kaufman.

Now, I love all of my interviews,

but this one today I am really excited for you guys to hear.

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