a partner's unpredictable cycle of bad behavior followed by random affection triggers a vicious cycle of increased dopamine-based reward sensitivity. The brain becomes conditioned exactly like a gambling addict. When he treats u poorly, ur brain starves for dopamine. To satisfy that starvation, the brain creates "fake futures” essentially making its own reward even when the guy fails to provide it making u “forget” what he ever did wrong in the first place in order to keep from being in pain #medstudent #relationships #traumabond #cognitivedissonance #limerance https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8193053/ - @kirsten.walz