Why do we stay in toxic relationships?

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💔 Are you stuck in a toxic relationship because you’re afraid to “waste” the time you’ve already invested? This video breaks down the sunk cost fallacy—the psychological trap that keeps you chasing a jackpot that never comes. Learn why staying “one more day” is worse than walking away and how to break free from gaslighting and self-doubt.  🔔 Subscribe for life-changing self-growth content that helps you reclaim your power.

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00:00I think people stay in bad relationships because they're afraid to lose an investment,

00:03but that time is gone anyway. It's hard. It's a sunk cost. Yeah. And what's worse than wasting

00:08two years is wasting two years plus one day. One friend in particular, and he said, what you're

00:12doing is you're sitting at a slot machine and you're putting quarters in and pulling the handle

00:19because every once in a while you get a little reward. And you're worried that if you get up

00:24from the slot machine, someone's going to sit down and hit the jackpot. And you were wrong all the

00:28time. Like you've been gaslit so much that you think maybe he's this great guy and you're the

00:32problem. And as soon as you leave, like all the goodness of him is going to come flowing out for

00:37someone else. And he was like, the house always wins. Like there's never going to be a jackpot.

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