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5 Steps For How To Heal From A Major Betrayal
Betrayal is common and must be dealt with more effectively.
Most people will have at least one experience of major betrayal in the course of their lifetime. Unfortunately, for many of us, we might even experience a series of betrayals. If our betrayal experiences are intense and overwhelming enough, we may even feel trauma from these betrayals, and each time another real or perceived betrayal occurs, we find we are flooded with powerful emotions, flashback memories, and self-righteous thoughts, centered around the narrative of how much of a victim we are, or have been, in the story of our life.
I am not here to say betrayal is not real. Yes, betrayal definitely happens. I am also not here to say the act of being victimized, is not real. Of course it is real! However, the meaning we make around these experiences, who we are, and how we have a right to think, feel and act in response to them, is all a choice.
This may sound like typical, self-help, empowerment talk, however, I want to offer a more nuanced explanation of how your response to betrayal is a choice, and where to begin to extend practical action toward a more accelerated healing process.
- Feel IT
First off, the most important step to begin to heal, is to acknowledge how much pain you feel, and give…
