Do you feel stuck in a toxic relationship that you can't get out of? Do you find excuses for your partner's abusive and harmful behavior? Have you tried to end the relationship, but changed your mind due to insincere apologies and empty promises? If so, you could be stuck in a relationship based on trauma bonding--an unhealthy attachment to someone who causes you physical or emotional harm. Abuse, rejection or abandonment in childhood often lay the foundation for these types of relationships.