so today I want to step into that moment where either because of Discovery or disclosure you realize you are in fact being betrayed I remember this moment so crystal clear and I’m not going to go into the details of the situation but I do want to explore the emotional Fallout the emotional trauma the complete shock so I’ll never forget where I was I had just finished I was putting on an event at my house and I had just finished the last details before I went to bed the event was the next day and I took a picture of how pretty the house looked
and I remember standing there thinking I love my life and I was so excited about the next day it was a very big event in the life of my family and I took that picture I treasured that moment I went to bed and when I walked into my room I found a device and it told me pretty much just seeing it told me my worst fears were probably coming true and the amount of shock that I felt in that moment I truly felt like like something really huge had just crashed into my life and suddenly I was observing it and and trying to figure out is this a
nightmare or is this reality and I literally for a solid few minutes could not figure out what was happening and I couldn’t figure out is this real is this not real surely this cannot be real and then I just slipped into this moment where I just sat stunned and could not figure out how to even process what I was facing today I want to autopsy that moment of shock because even if your shock of betrayal even if it hasn’t been infidelity in your marriage maybe you over here two friends talking about you and the shock of that kind of betrayal
stuns you or maybe your teenage child steals your credit card and you realize wow things are not as they seem with my kid maybe you’re at work and a cooworker takes credit for something you did and then they take accolades and awards and the thing just kind of spins out of control and it’s too late to get it back and you feel so incredibly betrayed by that coworker or maybe your your parent says that they aren’t feeling good enough to take that trip and come to your house only to find out that during that same time frame they went to to
