Betrayal trauma doesn’t only affect your emotions—it can impact your brain, hormones, stress response, energy levels, sleep, concentration, and overall physical health.

In this video, Dr. Doug Weiss explains how partner betrayal trauma can place the body into a prolonged state of fight, flight, or freeze. He discusses the potential impact on cortisol and hormones, the rise of intrusive thoughts, isolation, anxiety, and the physical exhaustion that can come from constantly living in survival mode.

Dr. Weiss also shares practical steps toward recovery, including counseling, support groups, exercise, healthy eating, self-care, and seeking appropriate medical evaluation when necessary.

If you’ve experienced pornography, infidelity, emotional neglect, or intimacy anorexia your relationship, understanding the physical effects of trauma can be an important part of your recovery.

Your emotions aren’t the only part of you recovering. Your body needs care, support, and intentional healing too.

For counseling and support, contact Heart to Heart Counseling Center at 719-278-3708 or email heart2heart@xc.org to connect with a certified therapist who can help you start your healing journey. For accelerated recovery, book a 3-Day or 5-Day Intensive to get a lot of specialized help in a short amount of time.

Visit our Partner Betrayal Trauma website for more resources on this topic: https://partnerbetrayaltrauma.org/

For information and resources for sex addiction, check out https://www.sexaddict.com/

Learn more about Intimacy Anorexia, click here: https://intimacyanorexia.com/

To learn more about our counseling services, visit: https://www.drdougweiss.com/relationship-and-addiction-counseling/

For more information about our intensive program to get a lot of help in recovering from Sex Addiction, Partner Betrayal Trauma, or Intimacy Anorexia, visit: https://www.drdougweiss.com/intensives/

To join one of our many support groups, visit the following links:
Phone Groups: https://www.drdougweiss.com/groups/
Free Facebook Groups: https://www.drdougweiss.com/facebook-groups/

Visit the American Association for Sex Addiction Therapy to find a certified therapist and other helpful resources: https://aasat.org/

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0:00 How Betrayal Trauma Affects Your Body
0:37 What Betrayal Trauma Does to Your Brain
1:05 Getting Stuck in Fight, Flight or Freeze
2:19 Betrayal Trauma and Hormones
3:00 Cortisol and Chronic Stress
3:13 Different Forms of Partner Betrayal Trauma
4:17 When Intrusive Thoughts Become a Cycle
4:56 Getting Support and Starting Recovery
6:21 Physical Self-Care After Betrayal
7:23 The Danger of Living in Survival Mode