People break our trust. People lie, mislead, and behave in ways that can violate both explicit contracts like marriage or presumptive contracts like friendship. Even institutions can betray us and hurt us in ways that impact our confidence. Betrayal is fundamental to the human condition, and yet because of betrayal blindness, it often goes undetected. We are vulnerable to not being able to identify repetitive, hurtful interactions that impact our self worth and our ability to have healthy relationships. What is betrayal and how does it impact us? Why are we often blind to betrayal? How do we
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