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Financial Infidelity: The Cruelty of False Hope After Betrayal

September 10, 2025September 2, 2025 Sumo Sized Ginger Musings betrayal, betrayal in the ICU, coercive control, cognitive dissonance, consequences, emotional recovery after financial betrayal, financial infidelity, healing from abuse, hidden assets, hoovering, ICU, intermittent reinforcement, intuition, manipulation, rebuilding self-worth, reclaiming voice after manipulation, recovery, relationship breakdown in hospital, second chances, setting boundaries, survival, Trauma, trauma bonding, trauma bonding in relationships, walking away, writing

A raw account of financial infidelity, trauma bonding, and the death of false hope—told from the edge of survival.

Finding My Voice After Betrayal: An Unfiltered Prologue to a Necessary War

September 5, 2025September 2, 2025 Sumo Sized Ginger Motivation, Resource, Support Indie Authors, Uncategorized #metoo, #Recovery, #Survival, author life, believe survivors, betrayal, breaking the silence, C-PTSD, coercive control, creative expression, creative nonfiction, creative recovery after manipulation, Emotional Abuse, emotional exorcism series, emotional resilience, Empowerment, finding your voice after betrayal, gaslighting, healing journey, healing process, identity after trauma, lived experience, memoir, Mental Health Awareness, narcissistic abuse, personal essay, personal narrative, personal narrative essay, post-traumatic growth, psychological manipulation, psychological trauma, rebuilding trust, reclaiming narrative after abuse, Self-Discovery, self-reclamation, speaking out, speaking truth to power, storytelling as healing, survivor story, Toxic relationships, Trauma, trauma bond, unfiltered truth, Vulnerability, writer's journey, writing, writing community, writing prompts, writing therapy, writing through trauma

Raw, unfiltered prologue to a betrayal survival series — lived truth, expert insight, and multimedia built for survivors and seekers of justice.