Trauma bonds are intense attachments formed through cycles of emotional highs and lows that are not true love but are often mistaken for it because they feel familiar.

“I think what's interesting about trauma bonds is that they're this really intense attachment that are formed through highs and lows. So you're basically going on a roller coaster with somebody, and that's how you're bonding with them. Right. And that is not obviously love, but it's the most familiar”