Why People get into Unhealthy Relationships

One of the sadder symptoms of not having been treated well in childhood is a remarkable tolerance – and indeed appetite – for not being treated entirely nicely by partners in adulthood.
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“One of the sadder symptoms of not having been treated well in childhood is a remarkable tolerance – and indeed appetite – for not being treated entirely nicely by partners in adulthood.
As graduates of rocky pasts, we are at high risk of ending up recklessly passive around partners who don’t appear to have too much interest in our true needs and aspirations. Where others would read a sharp risk in such neglect, we simply sense normality. Where others would be plotting an escape, we settle in for the long term. Where others would despair of intransigence or meanness, we see every chance of being able to change a partner – so long as we keep quiet and hope…”

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