The number of physical, emotional and psychosexual permutations is mind boggling and it does boggle the mind. It is addictive. It permeates one's consciousness and consumes one's memory and one's desires. In my view, absolutely so. Earthquakes are long preceded by tectonic shifts.
Volcanoes erupt after the bulk of the volcanic activity is actually over underground.
Oh, God We are all hostages of a narcissist, a master of manipulation, an embodiment of the principle of evil. Some of us prefer to embrace our captor and collaborate with Him, Vichy style. They are the religious. Others engage in a futile, life-long battle against Him. They are the atheists.