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.