Trauma Bond — A trauma bond is a powerful attachment strengthened through alternating distress, fear, relief, affection, and intermittent reinforcement. A criminal uses these emotional cycles to increase dependency and make separation feel threatening or unbearable. Understanding the bond helps a scam victim distinguish persistent attachment from evidence that the fraudulent relationship was genuine. — Attachment Psychology

Added September 27, 2026

Trauma bond — Trauma bond refers to the attachment produced within a relationship characterized by abuse, coercion, or exploitation. The attachment persists despite recognition of harm in some situations. Its existence does not demonstrate mutual love or make the survivor responsible for the abuse. — Coercive attachment.

Added October 5, 2026