The Archivist Method

    FILE: ARCH-LTR-203  /  STATUS: ACTIVE

    What They Wished You Knew: Attraction to Harm

    You are reading questions people typed about someone who runs Attraction to Harm. Read them, then the pattern file.

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    1. How to deal with a friend who gets in unhealthy relationships and ignores my warnings every time
    2. How to stop my friend from getting into a bad relationship
    3. Why do nice people choose the bad ones to date?
    4. Why do the good peoole end up being with the wrong people in a relationship?
    5. Why do people tend to be attracted to people who treat them badly?
    6. Why do some people choose the wrong partner repeatedly?
    7. What are some reasons why people may consistently choose the wrong partners in relationships? How can they break this pattern?
    8. Why do people often end up in relationships with the 'wrong' person?

    Each line below is a public question a real person typed, quoted word for word. The Archivist chose and ordered them and wrote nothing inside them.

    THE PATTERN FILE

    Attraction to Harm: Why am I attracted to people who hurt me?

    When Attraction to Harm runs for years

    These letters are part of the Letters in The Stacks, beside Unsent.

    The free Crash Course, short lessons on your pattern, starts by naming it.