by Sandra Lee Dennis | Dec 5, 2015 | Awareness, Betrayal, Deception, Emotional abuse, Emotional Pain, Healing, Love and Betrayal, Rejection, Relationships, Trauma, Uncategorized
I frequently mention that our culture does not recognize abandonment and betrayal as traumatic shocks. The shock occurs partly because being deserted or cheated on usually comes as a final blow in a mind-numbing, repetitive cycle of emotional abuse. Elusive abuses of...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Oct 13, 2015 | Betrayal, Deception, Divorce, Emotional Crisis, Emotional Pain, Healing, Love and Betrayal, Post-traumatic stress, Rejection, Relationships, Shock, Trauma, Trust
“When it comes to abrupt endings related to love, the experience is very similar to being the victim of a blunt force trauma. The symptoms are the same, and your functioning drops to the level of someone who needs to be hospitalized and treated for...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | May 13, 2015 | Awareness, broken heart, Creativity, Emotional Crisis, Existential despair, Grace, Grief, Healing, Love and Betrayal, Psychological healing, Relationships, Spirituality, Trauma
“If you don’t transform your suffering, you will surely transmit it.” —Richard Rohr Although I have written and published two books during the past fifteen years, I have never considered myself a writer. Ernest Hemingway said, “There is...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Feb 28, 2015 | Betrayal, broken heart, Emotional Pain, Grace, Grief, Healing, Love, Love and Betrayal, Relationships, Spirituality, Trust
“Our heart knows what our mind has forgotten — it knows the sacred that is within all that exists, and through a depth of feeling we can once again experience this connection, this belonging.” —Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee You need to give yourself credit if you...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Jan 15, 2015 | Betrayal, Emotional Pain, Forgiveness, Healing, Psychological healing, Relationships, Trauma
The trauma, confusion and heartache of betrayal often get worse before they get better. When your trust shatters, it can leave you spinning for a long time. After a while a kind of desperation sets in to find a way out of the pain. In the ensuing quest to recover as...
by Sandra Lee Dennis | Nov 11, 2014 | Betrayal, Deception, Divorce, Emotional Pain, Healing, Love and Betrayal, Psychological healing, Rejection, Trauma, Trust, Uncategorized
Emotional wounds can be even more devastating than obvious blows to the physical body and can have much longer-term effects. These hidden injuries pose a grave threat, not just to our physical, but also to our emotional well-being, and even to our psychological...
