💔16-Question Parents Separating Or Divorcing Quiz: What's Your Trauma Dating Style?

After your parents divorced, your family broke into pieces, and you had to figure out how to exist in two separate worlds.

As a child, you never knew what mood your parent would be in—loving one moment, distant or angry the next.

You witnessed how hurtful people could be and vowed never to be like them.

You felt caught in the middle of adult conflicts, caring for everyone's feelings while your own got lost in the shuffle.

In your household, love came with screaming matches, tearful apologies, slammed doors, and passionate makeups.

You often obsess about people who have hurt you long after they're gone from your life, replaying conversations and thinking about what you should have said and done differently.

Growing up, your parents' love depended on their mood—forcing you to constantly earn even basic attention that should have been freely given.

At school, you didn't bother with very deep friendships—your parents' divorce made them feel pointless.

You created different versions of yourself to survive different parents.

Friendships got either too close or stayed too distant.

Growing up, dating and love meant extremes—obsessing over some people, rejecting others.

You thought your family's history made you fundamentally different to other kids.

You learned early that keeping everyone else happy was more important than what you wanted.

Growing up, you automatically put aside your own needs whenever someone else seemed upset or uncomfortable.

You hated your family's patterns, but feared you'd become just like them anyway.

You had to work through one parent to get to the other, or play adults or other siblings against each other to get what you needed.