Re-Traumatizing?

I have decided to give blogging a whirl...so here it goes.  Thought it might be fun. Hopefully, I will improve as time goes on.

Today's topic: Why do people tend to re-traumatize themselves over and over again?

I ask that question, because I don't know why I re-traumatize myself. I think the average person reading this will think, I don't re-traumatize myself over and over again! You must be talking about yourself. But I was watching Dr. Drew, and he says this many times, that humans are unique in that we are the only beings on this planet that actually tend to re-traumatize themselves.  When we experience a trauma, we bring that trauma back over and over again. I guess it would be like PTSD. Only instead of having flashbacks, people are trying to recreate the same bad set of circumstances over and over again. If you had mommy issues growing up, then you may end up marrying someone with all the same bad qualities as your mother. If you have a traumatic relationship with a bad boyfriend, then you may end up with a whole string of bad boyfriends afterwards.

Try new things. Take a different route. I need to use that philosophy for myself more often than not.