Why We Stay in Situations That Hurt Us

About this episode

This episode explores the emotional complexity behind staying in unhealthy relationships and environments.

Send us Fan Mail If something is hurting us, why is it sometimes so difficult to leave? In this episode, we explore the emotional complexity behind staying in relationships, patterns, and environments that no longer feel healthy. We talk about familiarity, attachment, hope, survival mode, and the ways people can become emotionally tied to what hurts them. This conversation is honest, compassionate, and for anyone who has ever struggled to let go — even when they knew something needed to chang...

People in this episode

Hosts: Gabrielle Williams, Charice Calloway

Topics covered

• emotional complexity
• relationships
• attachment
• survival mode
• letting go

Keywords

• emotional ties
• familiarity
• hope
• survival mode
• letting go

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