“Another thing to consider, Amelie, is that if someone is inconsistent with how they treat us…our body can get addicted to being in a nervous state. Waiting for it to get better, feeling sick and depressed and terrible when it doesn’t – but then we get a flood of happy hormones when this person is finally nice to us again. It’s a bit like being on drugs. You’re never sure when you’ll get your next ‘hit’ of niceness.
