It isn't about pain, violence, selfishness, dependency and expecting all your needs to be met, THE CYCLE IN BAD RELATIONSHIPS Bad relationships go through three phases, just like in the cycle of violence: 1) Tension-building phase: this is where you feel as if you are walking on eggshells. ... However because apologies are ways of manipulating the victim into staying in the relationship and not sincere efforts to change, in time the tension will begin to grow and the cycle will repeat itself again. ...

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