He said you were the one, until he went back to what was familiar. Emotional tethering keeps you stuck in false hope. Here’s why some people choose safety over depth, and how to break free from the confusion.

Leaving the wrong relationship doesn’t always lead straight to healing. For many of us, it leads into the spiral, where old wounds resurface and familiar pain disguises itself as passion. This is what it looks like to live out your trauma wiring before you learn how to rewire it. And why that doesn’t make you weak, it makes you human.