Keywords: domestic violence, cycle of abuse, why victims stay, emotional abuse, trauma
🌪️ The Cycle of Abuse — A Trap That Feels Like Love
Leaving an abusive relationship isn’t just about packing a bag and walking out the door. It’s about breaking a deep emotional, psychological, and often financial chain that keeps a victim tied to the abuser.
Many people ask, “Why didn’t she just leave?” — but they rarely understand the cycle that keeps victims locked in a loop of fear, guilt, and false hope.
Psychologists describe the Cycle of Abuse in three repeating phases: tension, explosion, and honeymoon.
