ego-driven relationships

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Concepts that appear alongside ego-driven relationships across episodes.

• parasympathetic vs. sympathetic nervous system (in relationships)
• pain threshold
• incompatibility
• status quo bias
• intensity for intimacy
• sunk cost fallacy
• neurobiological trick
• activation energy (of leaving vs. staying)
• cliff edge (relationship metaphor)
• rock bottom (with basement and trap door)
• chronic anxiety / nervous system dysregulation
• scarcity (economics of attraction)
• fear of the unknown / 'best available' trap
• chaos for chemistry
• self-identity loss
• loss aversion
• optimizing for first sip vs. long-term satisfaction
• trauma bond / variable reward
• low self-esteem (in attraction dynamics)