There's a word that explains more about toxic relationships, media manipulation, and collective trauma than any other concept I know. The word is "binding" - and understanding how it works could save you from being trapped by people, systems, and cultural narratives that want to consume your energy for their own purposes.

Her chart reveals someone who fought so hard to escape powerlessness that she became addicted to control. And now that addiction is eating her alive.

What they didn't tell you: Her chart reveals someone trapped between a desperate need for approval and a compulsive need to defend herself publicly. Her "realness" isn't revolutionary; it's an exploitable pattern that makes her predictable, controllable, and profitable.