‘Boiling Frog Syndrome’ and Why People Stay in Bad Relationships

How to empower yourself to take action even when you are numb to the pain

Annika Lindberg
9 min readJun 16, 2024

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The Boiling frog syndrome

Have you heard of the Boiling frog syndrome? The expression originates from a fable about a frog that gets put into boiling water.

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Annika Lindberg

Chartered Psychologist | Writer | Blogger| Sharing clinical knowledge & life experience- habits, relationships, addictions and more www.headward.co.uk