Why Your Brain Loves the People Who Hurt You (It's Not Luck)

You already knew they were wrong for you. Your friends told you, your gut whispered it, and yet your heart didn't listen. But the real answer is far stranger than bad luck or bad taste. In this video, you'll travel back to your very first love and discover how attachment theory, the Strange Situation experiment, the Capilano Suspension Bridge study, and the science of unpredictable rewards explain why you chase people who hurt you and feel nothing for people who are kind. You'll learn how John Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth, Hazan and Shaver, B.F. Skinner, Helen Fisher, and Dutton and Aron uncovered why your brain confuses familiar with love, and how to finally teach it something new. If this video changed how you see your past relationships, like it so more people can find it, subscribe for more strange science about how you think, feel, and love, and share it with someone who keeps going back to a person they know they shouldn't. Then tell us in the comments: what is one pattern you've noticed in the people you fall for? #psychology #attachmenttheory #relationships #love #humanbehavior #whyyoufallinlove #toxicrelationships #EmotionalHealth #HumanBehavior #BrainScience