Scolding, verbal abuse, put-downs in the family

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        💔&nbsp; What it means to have grown up with parents fighting about infidelity
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        <strong>Did watching infidelity destroy your parents' marriage teach you that people you love most can betray you? Do you find yourself checking phones, social media, or looking for signs of cheating in your own relationships, even when there's no reason to worry?</strong>
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        Does this sound familiar?
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        💎 In your home, adults never admitted responsibility—they blamed, deflected, counter-attacked or raged instead.<br><br>
        💎 In your household, love came with screaming matches, tearful apologies, slammed doors, and passionate makeups.<br><br>
        💎 The harsh words you heard growing up have become the voice in your head, attacking you for every mistake just like people used to attack each other in your home.
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        You may have learned that your home was a place where trust could shatter overnight, where accusations and denials became the soundtrack to your childhood. You might have become an expert at reading subtle changes in your parents' behavior—sensing tension before it exploded into screaming matches about secrets, lies, and broken promises. The concept of loyalty became complicated when you watched the people who were supposed to love each other most hurt each other deepest.
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        You may have developed an intense radar for detecting dishonesty and betrayal, making you incredibly perceptive about relationship dynamics. But witnessing this emotional rollercoaster of passionate reconciliations followed by devastating betrayals might have taught you that love comes with screaming matches, tearful apologies, and dramatic makeups. Now peaceful relationships can feel flat or suspicious—like the calm before another storm of revelations and recriminations.
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        💔&nbsp; The Core Wound
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        "You learned that the people who claim to love you most are also capable of betraying you deepest, and that trust is a luxury you can't afford when even your parents couldn't keep their promises to each other."
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Tools & Learning

💔7 Ways Fights About Infidelity Trauma Affects Your Relationships

Come Here, Go Away

Hair Trigger Alert

Loving and Hating Intensely

Same Dance, Different Partners

The Accommodator-Fighter

The Advocate

The Passenger