Why do I keep going back to my toxic relationship?

Past relationships bring a measure of certainty and security. It's easy to listen to the charms of an ex-lover, especially if they're very charismatic. You'll want to believe they can change, and things will be better this next time. Though, often, that is just smoke and mirrors. Plus, the chemical high from a relationship is somewhat addictive, so when you hit withdrawal and someone offers you a hit of love... hard to deny it.

It's important to remember the things that made you leave in the first place. Oftentimes we remember the good things in the relationships, and at the same time forget the things that made it so toxic

They make me feel needed and they promise things will be different although it never changes. Their love will seem real but then it quickly fades and they end up hurting you again. They know they can use your intense feelings against yourself.

Humans are creatures of habit. Even if the habit isn't a good one we often revert back to them. The term 'old habits die hard' is very apt. We know when a relationship is toxic. Some part f us always knows but for some reason many of us return. The reason for this is as mentioned above we are all creatures of habit. Whilst the relationship may not be safe we know what to expect. It isn't surprising or unexpected and so we slip into an unhealthy comfort zone one to which we go back to when life gets confusing.

We tend to go back to toxic relationships because of how you feel about that person. It's up to you on whether or not you want to continue with it, but think about what it's doing to you. It's hard to let someone go even if they have hurt/betrayed us. I know all about that first hand. Just do what you feel is best. As long as that person is in your heart and you love and care about them, you will more than likely always revert back to them and the relationship no matter what is said and done and nobody sometimes not even ourselves can make those feelings disappear. .

Number of reasons. Love is the seventh sense that destroys all other senses, a famous line used by lovers for ages, is one of the reasons actually. You don't remain in your senses. Secondly, you've hoped for a life with that person, you have given life to your other half. How can you easily give up on that? It's hard to move on from the thing that was once the most powerful reason for your happiness. This is why, whenever your other half shows you a fake or a little sympathy, you rush back for sake of your happiness and love you gave.

Toxic relationships are often hard to break from, as you often develop a dependency they have created, to keep you with them, from personal experience, my ex boyfriend isolated me and made me feel alone, unless he was with me, which made it incredibly hard to leave, however with the right amount of strength, and support I was able to break free, and you can too, just don't let them back in no matter how hard it is. It will be better in the long run, and you will find love again

Sometimes we go back to people we think we love even when they hurt us (and we hurt them) because it is what is familiar.

You might find the idea of being single more frightening than being in the toxic relationship, or maybe you don't think that you can find better. You can absolutely find better, and it just takes time to heal.

People tend to revert to what they know, even if they know it is bad for them. Encourage yourself to explore healthier ways of dealing with loneliness and stress, and hopefully find someone who appreciates you?