Why Do Women Stay In Terrible Relationships?

Five of our experts explain why we can't seem to let go.

couple far away on couch
Advertisement

Does this scenario look all too familiar to you? You fall in love (a little too quickly), you break up and then make up every other day, but despite your on-again, off-again romance, you can't seem to pull away. Why do so many women stay in bad relationships like this?

Advertisement

In this video, Senior VP of Experts Melanie Gorman asks YourTango Experts Danielle Dowling, Kimberly Seltzer, Lisa Steadman and Laura Campbell how they help their female clients.

"I always tell my clients that our pasts are like 8-track tapes and we keep trying to play it back over and over again," Kimberly Seltzer says. "I tell them to get rid of that ... but they don't know how because it's all they know."

"Women — a lot of times — are addicted to the way bad love feels," Lisa Steadman agrees.

Want to learn more? Check out the video above!