Ghosting and Trauma Bonds: What’s Really Going On and How to Heal

Coping With Ghosting

Have you or somebody you care about ever been in a toxic relationship? If so, it's possible that it was a trauma bond. Knowledge is power, and understanding and recognizing the signs of this type of relationship can be life-changing. In this show, host Gretta interviews Jordanne Sculler, LMHC, about trauma bonds and ghosting. Jordanne is a licensed therapist and mental health expert in New York City, and is dedicated to helping individuals and couples unlock their potential for growth, self-awareness, and authentic connection.

Tune in to Discover:

• The Trauma Bond Stages: love bombing, trust and dependency, criticism, gaslighting, emotional addiction, loss of self, and resignation
• Why ghosting happens in trauma bonds and toxic relationships
• How to break out of a trauma bond and heal

To anyone out there who is healing after being in a trauma bond: You can get better. Please take it one day at a time.

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Host Gretta Perlmutter, MA, a Certified Post Betrayal Transformation® Coach, delivers evidence-based strategies for turning personal betrayal into a powerful catalyst for growth and healing.

Connect With Jordanne

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Music: "Ghosted" by Gustavo Ramos

Disclaimer: This information is designed to mentor and guide you to cope with Ghosting by cultivating a positive mindset and implementing self-care practices. It is for educational purposes only; it solely provides self-help tools. Coping With Ghosting does not provide health care or psychological therapy services and does not diagnose or treat any physical or mental ailment of the mind or body. The content is not a substitute for therapy or any advice given by a licensed psychologist or other licensed or registered professionals.

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Note to All Listeners: Ghosting is defined as: The practice of ending a personal relationship with someone by suddenly and without explanation withdrawing from all communication (Oxford Languages). When you leave an abusive situation without saying "goodbye," it's not ghosting, it's "self-protection." When you quietly exit a relationship after a boundary has been violated, it's not ghosting, it's "self-respect."

Chapters

1. Ghosting and Trauma Bonds: What’s Really Going On and How to Heal (00:00:00)

2. What is a trauma bond is and how one is formed? (00:02:26)

3. Shared and Separate Traumas (00:03:14)

4. Trauma bonding - patterns, stages and ghosting (00:04:36)

5. why people ghost in trauma bonds (00:08:09)

6. How to break out of trauma bonds (00:09:09)

7. The importance of blocking the abuser or ghost (00:13:11)

8. How to heal after being in a trauma bond (00:14:16)

9. How to escape the cycle of trauma bonds and avoid abusive relationships (00:16:17)

10. Why Ghosting Isn’t Personal (00:17:36)

11. How to connect with Jordanne Sculler, LMHC (00:18:46)