Betrayal trauma occurs when someone you depend on and are significantly attached to, violates your trust in a critical way. It shares many of the same psychological, physiological and neurological symptoms associated with fear-based traumas that can result in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.  Betrayal from a partner having an affair, acting out in problematic sexual ways, or suffering from sex addiction can be unbearably painful and life altering. There is help!