{"id":14834,"date":"2025-09-27T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holistic.news\/en\/?p=14834"},"modified":"2025-09-25T15:14:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:14:02","slug":"why-love-slips-away-trauma-and-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holistic.news\/en\/why-love-slips-away-trauma-and-relationships\/","title":{"rendered":"Why love slips away. Trauma and relationships."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A difficult past \u2014 the quiet saboteur of adult relationships<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We often think what happened in childhood is a closed chapter. We tell ourselves, \u201cI\u2019m an adult now; I have my own life.\u201d Nothing could be further from the truth. Psychology has long stressed that early experiences \u2014 especially adverse ones \u2014 become an invisible template for how we build adult relationships.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The impact of childhood trauma on couples became the focus of a study by Ahva Rashin Mozafari and Xiaomeng Xu from the Department of Psychology at Idaho State University. They invited people with insecure attachment \u2014 those with low self-esteem, difficulty trusting, and frequent shifts in behaviour \u2014 to take part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worth reading:<\/strong> Hearts Wide Open: Five Types of Love<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trauma and relationships: what the latest research shows<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

People with this profile may obsessively crave closeness while also showing anger and impulsiveness. That attachment style develops in childhood, often as a result of emotional neglect by caregivers. It leads to emotional insecurity and fear of rejection in adult partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Idaho team examined how traumatic childhood experiences and attachment style affect conflict management in romantic relationships \u2014 how conflicts unfold and the strategies people use to resolve them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

365<\/strong> U.S. students took part. They completed surveys on three areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n