How I Kept Repeating the Same Toxic Relationship—And Finally Broke the Cycle

Why We Chase Emotionally Unavailable People—And How to Stop Rewriting the Past

I thought I had learned my lesson.

More than a decade ago, I walked away from a woman who lied, cheated, and left me doubting my own reality. I wrote out every reason why I would never go through that again—why I would never let anyone else erode my self-respect like that.

And yet… I did.

Not just once. Again and again.

The faces changed, the details shifte…