BUY THE BOOK HERE: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPDRPKVG

The Silence of the Albatross

For months, my voice lay strangled beneath the weight of an unspoken truth. You might call it writer’s block. I call it survival under siege. I’ve circled around the betrayal long enough. That ends here.

This Is Your Only Warning: An Exorcism in Progress

What follows will not be polite, palatable, or softened for comfort. It is jagged. It is raw. This is my survival on the page — not for your comfort, for my reclamation.

FAQ: About This Series

Q: What’s the purpose of this series? A: To document the truth of a betrayal and the process of reclaiming my creative and personal narrative.

Q: Who should read this? A: Anyone who’s been silenced, manipulated, or erased — especially those clawing their way back to their voice.

Q: Will you share evidence? A: Yes. All evidence will be anonymized and supported by authoritative sources where relevant.

Glossary & Canonical Definitions

• Betrayal Trauma – Emotional harm caused by a trusted person’s violation of fundamental trust (Smith & Freyd, Journal of Interpersonal Violence).
• Narrative Reclamation – The act of taking back authorship of one’s own story after distortion or suppression.
• Creative Recovery – Rebuilding the capacity to create after psychological or emotional harm.

Authority References & External Validation

• Trauma bonding / coercive control (fits the “kisses after chaos” cycle):
• Review: coercive control linked to PTSD & depression
  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10666508/ PMC
• Social support buffers PTSD after intimate-partner betrayal
  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8075088/ PMC
• ICU context — how medical crises wreck patients and partners (your “Spiral” and hospital scenes):
• PICS-F: family/partner psychological, physical, socio-economic burdens after ICU
  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10928249/ PMC
• Relatives at risk for anxiety/PTSD after ICU
  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7885222/ PMC
• Financial infidelity / “you used my money”:
• Money lies and extramarital ties (financial secrecy co-occurs with infidelity)
  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9722948/ PMC
• MedlinePlus: Intimate Partner Violence (includes economic/financial abuse)
  https://medlineplus.gov/intimatepartnerviolence.html MedlinePlus
• Digital phantom / tech-facilitated abuse (paying the online other):
• Technology-facilitated abuse in intimate relationships (monitoring, financial exploitation, etc.)
  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10486147/ PMC
• Infidelity trauma, straight up (APA-adjacent / scholarly overviews):
• Narrative review: causes & consequences of romantic infidelity
  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10002055/ PMC