Kristin Minto Snowden

📚 Supporting Research & References by Section 1. Betrayal Trauma & Gaslighting Defined Betrayal Trauma Theory — Dr. Jennifer Freyd (foundational) The original academic framework for why victims of intimate betrayal suppress awareness of the deception to preserve the attachment relationship. 🔗 https://dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/defineBT.html 🔗 https://www.jjfreyd.com/about-research 🔗 https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/betrayal-trauma Gaslighting as Psychological Abuse in Intimate...

Navigating the Storm: A Roadmap for Sanity After Betrayal Discovering that a partner has been unfaithful—whether through infidelity, porn addiction, or other forms of sexual acting out—is a profound trauma that shatters your sense of reality. In an instant, your world is divided into "before" and "after". If you are currently standing in the wreckage of a discovered betrayal, please know this: the chaos, the paralysis, the drive to seek answers, and the overwhelming exhaustion you feel are...

The discovery of a partner’s compulsive sexual behaviors—whether through pornography, infidelity, or high-risk encounters—marks a pivotal moment in any relationship. For the betrayed partner, it often signals the start of a disorienting journey through a landscape filled with psychological terms, therapeutic models, and clinical labels. One of the most charged questions that arise is: Is “sex addiction” even real? At the heart of this inquiry lies a deeper concern for the betrayed partner. Is...