Cheating Is Actually Betrayal Trauma

Trauma & Narcissism Redefined

Caroline Strawson

Narcissisticabuse, Health & Fitness, Narcissist, Self-improvement, Education, Recovery, Mental Health, Trauma

4.8 • 701 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Have you been cheated on? My ex-husband was a perpetual cheater, and yet I blamed myself for not being good enough for him. It took years of self-reflection and understanding to see that it wasn’t my fault, and so I want to pass on to you how to break the vicious cycle of cheating and betrayal.

In this episode, you will learn:

What is betrayal trauma and how it affects us
Why cheating is NOT normal
How to stop blaming yourself and see cheating for what it really is

Cheating causes a form of betrayal trauma which can have serious effects on your body and mind. Together we can understand why people cheat, why it isn’t acceptable, and how to value yourself and make the right decision when faced with betrayal.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	cheating can be part of a bigger picture of a toxic and abusive relationship. So I don't want you to be
0:08.4	minimizing cheating in your relationships. And I want to go through with you some ways of
0:14.7	conversations to have, things that you need to look at. And then maybe if you're staying in
0:19.7	relationships and keeping on
0:21.4	finding yourself in relationships where you cheat where the others cheat what you can do about that
0:27.6	massive welcome to the trauma and narcissism redefined podcast your daily and weekly dose of
0:35.9	education inspiration and hope around trauma and narcissism.
0:40.7	Two words that I have put together to redefine all of this, where we're coming at it from a
0:46.5	human-centered approach, because of course I'm trained in internal family systems,
0:50.4	somatic experiencing and abundance of other elements and modalities to help and support you
0:55.7	heal and thrive in your journey and bringing you real understanding. And today, I want to talk to you
1:01.2	about betrayal trauma, really cheating. We kind of minimize it in our society that if you're
1:08.8	in a relationship with somebody and that they cheat,
1:12.2	then it's kind of normal. That's what happens in some relationships. And it was only when I was
1:17.3	having a conversation actually with one of my masterminders last week. I was in Mexico last week
1:21.4	hosting my healing mastermind retreat. And I got talking to a couple of the other incredible
1:27.0	masterminders about cheating.
1:30.2	And we were saying that in the relationship that we were involved in, our partners had cheated.
1:35.5	So we just kind of thought we were in a relationship with a cheat.
1:39.4	And that was minimised in that.
1:41.6	Yeah, of course it didn't feel good.
1:43.2	It made us feel really rubbish and,
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