How breadcrumbing keeps us distracted from reality

Sometimes relationships can turn toxic because of the ways that we are treated in it. Breadcrumbing is one such technique in which a person is given enough attention, affection, love and care to keep them hooked and stuck in the relationship but not enough to call it healthy. "One of the motivations behind breadcrumbing behaviors is to keep other individuals hooked in order to ensure there is someone available when they need to get their own needs met. How breadcrumbing keeps us distracted from reality Breadcrumbing is done through sporadic messages after a brief period of silence or spending time with us enough to make us believe we are important, but not much to make us think that they are investing in us. Changing briefly: When we express the problems, the partner may show changes in their behavior for a brief period of time leading us to believe that things are better – however, they soon go back to behaving the same.