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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Typically, why do most abused children date abusive partners in their future?
gpt
Lingering self-confidence issues often draw them toward partners who are more controlling, who are therefore more likely to abuse them. Once abused they are also less likely to report it or leave the relationship since this treatment has been somewhat normalized in their own mind, as such they are less likely to be shocked enough to take action.