Trusting in yourself after infidelity is a major obstacle to overcome. It’s not only about trusting yourself, but also about how you trust others in friendships and future relationships. This blog post will explore the challenges of trusting yourself after infidelity and ways to start healing.
The Pain of Betrayal Trauma
Life was perfect, that is, before you found out about the infidelity. Now it seems like your world is crashing down. It’s not just the thoughts surrounding cheating, but it’s also the emotions and the visceral response your body experiences. Your body holds the internal pain of what just occurred. All this can culminate in a variety of mental health symptoms to include anxiety, powerlessness, and sleepless nights, to name a few.
Infidelity Leads to Self-Doubt
As the infidelity rips apart your world and the pain negatively impacts all areas of your life, you begin to doubt yourself. Self-doubt can begin to spiral quickly and can become out of control. Infidelity is a major boundary violation with someone whom we thought we could trust. Because this trust becomes severed, we begin to self-doubt our own ability to trust our judgments and self in this world.
Where Do You Go from Here?
So, where do you go from here? The pain seems unimaginable, and yet you continue to carry forward in life. Whether you stay in the relationship or you leave, online individual therapy, even trauma therapy, can be beneficial in helping you heal from betrayal trauma.
The Path Forward
The path forward is going to be difficult, there’s no sugarcoating that. It’ll take time and patience for emotions to settle as well as for you to find your resolve to process the situation. Reconnecting to the people, the hobbies, and the things that you enjoy most will help build an assemblage of life. Individual therapy can be a great way to reconnect the mind and body, which extreme overwhelm and stress can disconnect.
Find Healing with Individual Therapy Near Milwaukee, WI
You can find healing by working with an individual therapist near you. Working with a therapist can allow you to find peace in the present moment, which will allow you to 
I am currently accepting new clients at this time. In-person therapy sessions are held on Saturdays and Sundays, while virtual appointments are held on weekday evenings as well as on the weekends. I found that in-person therapy works best for those living in Franklin, Pleasant, Prairie, Mount Pleasant, and Somers, WI areas. At the same time, virtual sessions work for those who live throughout the state of Wisconsin and in Colorado. I greatly look forward to speaking with you.
