We see Maddy’s struggles with her abusive boyfriend Nate, but Maddy’s view of love seems to be skewed. She feels that she isn’t worthy of normal love and berates her mother for staying with her emotionally distant father. How can we fight the conflation of “passion” with “toxicity” and how does her upbringing play a role in this line of thinking?
00:00 - 00:10 - Intro
00:10 - 02:15 - Nate is missing the trauma bond cycle
02:15 - 03:42 - Maddy seeks revenge
03:42 - 04:18 - "There's no darkness"
04:18 - 05:21 - Seeing ourselves through another lens
05:21 - 06:12 - Maddy's stuck in the cycle
06:12 - 08:31 - She doesn't want to be her parents
08:31 - 09:21 - Why do toxic relationships pull us back in?
09:21 - 10:40 - Trauma Bonding
10:40 - 12:55 - Escaping toxic relationships
12:55 - 13:20 - My concern for Maddy
13:20 - 14:04 - Outro
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