Each round of on-and-off cycling tends to make the newest relationship iteration a little bit worse than the one that came before it
Photo: Jamie Grill/Getty Images/Tetra images RF As a general rule, humans aren’t great at handling uncertainty — but that doesn’t mean we’re particularly good at accepting finality, either, especially when the final outcome runs counter to what we want for ourselves.
Sometimes, though, that hope can itself be stressful in toxic ways, particularly when it creates a continued on-again off-again pattern of breakups and reconciliations. A study recently published in the journal Family Relations found a link between so-called “relationship cycling,” and a host of negative outcomes, including higher rates of depression, anxiety, and overall distress.
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