<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A relationship can be understood as a feedback... > A relationship can be understood as a feedback system. If every crisis receives immediate attention, crisis becomes an effective control signal; if calm requests receive response and manufactured emergencies do not, the loop begins selecting different behavior. **Source:** [[livestreams/Boundaries, Survival, and Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground — Part 2 - Workbook|Boundaries, Survival, and Refusing to Become a Toxic Dumping Ground — Part 2]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A relationship can be understood as a feedback system. If every crisis receives immediate attention, crisis becomes an effective control signal; if calm requests receive response and manufactured emergencies do not, the loop begins selecting different behavior.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-relationship-understood-feedback-selecting-different-behavior ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->