healing

what a woman feels like when suffering from betrayal trauma

Betrayal Trauma – Hit by a Truck Analogy

A wive’s perspective on finding out about her husband’s sexual addiction or misbehaviors. We use an analogy of being hit by a truck to illustrate what a woman experiences and her healing process, upon discovering of, or a spouse’s disclosing of his sexual addiction and/or misbehaviors. In this analogy, the husband is driving a big […]

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women's need for self care when suffering from betrayal trauma

Barnacle Self-Care Analogy

When an individual discovers that their spouse has been viewing pornography or acting out with sexual misconduct, they often experience betrayal trauma. They may struggle with recurrent thoughts or dreams – reliving the experience, they may avoid certain places/people or situations, experience depression and anxiety and often intense or heightened emotions, often accompanied by feelings

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