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Betrayal
What are the types of betrayals in friendships? Relationships? What are the effects of betrayal on your mental health? How do we heal from betrayals? How do we help others heal who have been betrayed?
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What are the types of betrayals in friendships? Relationships? What are the effects of betrayal on your mental health? How do we heal from betrayals? How do we help others heal who have been betrayed?
Follow below for more information.
Types of Betrayals in Friendships Part 1/3
They broke girl/bro code and pursued someone you like
• They pursued someone you are in a relationship with or were with
• They sabotage you from achieving your dreams
• They turned your other friends against you
They broke girl/bro code and pursued someone you like
• They pursued someone you are in a relationship with or were with
• They sabotage you from achieving your dreams
• They turned your other friends against you
Types of Betrayals in Friendships Part 2/3
• They talked sh** about you behind your back
• They bailed on you at a time in your life when you needed them the most
• They won't pay you back after you lent them money
• They seriously embarrassed you
• They talked sh** about you behind your back
• They bailed on you at a time in your life when you needed them the most
• They won't pay you back after you lent them money
• They seriously embarrassed you
Types of Betrayals in Friendships Part 3/3
• They judged you based on things that are out of your control
• They threw you under the bus
• They believed someone over you
• They took advantage of you
• They judged you based on things that are out of your control
• They threw you under the bus
• They believed someone over you
• They took advantage of you
Types of Betrayals in Relationships
Putting your wants and needs above your partner's, taking them for granted, not standing up for them, lying to them, using their vulnerability/insecurity against them, distancing yourself emotionally, presuring them to change, and CHEATING.
Putting your wants and needs above your partner's, taking them for granted, not standing up for them, lying to them, using their vulnerability/insecurity against them, distancing yourself emotionally, presuring them to change, and CHEATING.
Physical Cheating:
Physical cheating is the act of being sexually intimate with someone other than your spouse or significant other. This includes kissing and holding hands.
Physical cheating is the act of being sexually intimate with someone other than your spouse or significant other. This includes kissing and holding hands.
Emotional Cheating:
Emotional cheating involves intimately confiding in another person, sharing thoughts, dreams and an emotional closeness that would normally be reserved for your significant other.
Emotional cheating involves intimately confiding in another person, sharing thoughts, dreams and an emotional closeness that would normally be reserved for your significant other.
Cyber Cheating:
Cyber cheating includes Internet pornography, online dating and flirting with other people on social networking sites.
Cyber cheating includes Internet pornography, online dating and flirting with other people on social networking sites.
Text Message Cheating:
Text message Cheating includes sending sexually explicit messages or pictures and texting to arrange dates. Even simple messages, such as asking how someone is doing, can be considered cheating if the intention of the person sending the text is to hook up.
Text message Cheating includes sending sexually explicit messages or pictures and texting to arrange dates. Even simple messages, such as asking how someone is doing, can be considered cheating if the intention of the person sending the text is to hook up.
The Effects of Betrayal on our Mental Health:
The effects of betrayal include shock, loss and grief, morbid pre-occupation, damaged self-esteem, self-doubting, trust issues, anger, anxiety, depression, life-altering changes, and in some cases PTSD.
The effects of betrayal include shock, loss and grief, morbid pre-occupation, damaged self-esteem, self-doubting, trust issues, anger, anxiety, depression, life-altering changes, and in some cases PTSD.
Healing from Betrayal...
Name your feelings, resist retaliation, take time away, examine the betrayal and the relationship/friendship, talk to a third party, reflect on things, speak to the person who betrayed you, cut ties with repeat offenders, take your time to grieve.
Name your feelings, resist retaliation, take time away, examine the betrayal and the relationship/friendship, talk to a third party, reflect on things, speak to the person who betrayed you, cut ties with repeat offenders, take your time to grieve.
How to help someone who has been betrayed:
Encourage them to think about the relationship/friendship that they want and to go for it. Remind them that they are in charge of getting what is best for them. Support them and encourage them if they wish to seek professional help.
Encourage them to think about the relationship/friendship that they want and to go for it. Remind them that they are in charge of getting what is best for them. Support them and encourage them if they wish to seek professional help.
Things TO say to a friend whose been betrayed:
"What do you need right now," "Whatever you are feeling is okay," "This isn't about you," "You don't have to make any big decisions right now," "I'm here," "You will be okay," and "Let me know if I can do anything for you."
"What do you need right now," "Whatever you are feeling is okay," "This isn't about you," "You don't have to make any big decisions right now," "I'm here," "You will be okay," and "Let me know if I can do anything for you."
Things NOT to say to a friend who has been cheated on: https://www.womansday.com/relationships/dating-marriage/advice/a7098/cheated-on/
Things NOT to say to your partner who has been previously cheated on : https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a28942035/partner-whos-been-cheated-on/
