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If you’ve ever felt like your reality was shattered after discovering infidelity, hidden addictions, or years of emotional deception—you’re not crazy, broken, or dramatic. You may be experiencing betrayal trauma.
It’s not just heartbreak. It’s not just a rough patch in a relationship.
It’s a deep rupture to your sense of safety, stability, and trust—both in others and in yourself.
betrayal trauma
betrayal trauma
noun
A form of psychological and emotional trauma experienced when a trusted loved one—especially a partner—violates one’s sense of safety, stability, and reality through deception, infidelity, or hidden addictions.
A rupture of secure attachment, often leading to symptoms similar to PTSD, such as hyper-vigilance, intrusive thoughts, anxiety, and loss of self-trust.
If you see yourself in this definition, you're not alone—and you’re not the problem.
This isn’t about being too sensitive. This is what trauma does to a body and mind that has loved deeply and been betrayed just as deeply.
The good news is: healing is possible.
And you don’t have to figure it all out alone.
There are different stages of betrayal trauma healing.
Take the quiz below to better understand where you are in your healing journey.
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