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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.

Betrayal in the ICU: My 20‑Year Relationship Crumbled While I Was Fighting for My Life

September 8, 2025September 9, 2025 Sumo Sized Ginger Motivation, Resource, Uncategorized betrayal, betrayal in the ICU, C-PTSD, character assassination, deconstructing a lie, desecration, Emotional Abuse, emotional betrayal during illness, gaslighting, healing journey, heartbreak, ICU, ICU betrayal, lying spouse, medical trauma story, moral injury, my story, narcissistic abuse, psychological manipulation, reclaiming narrative, reclaiming narrative after manipulation, relationship breakdown, relationship breakdown in hospital, separation, speaking truth, survival, survivor narrative, Toxic Partner, Trauma, Vulnerability

Raw first‑person account of betrayal during a life‑threatening ICU stay — survival, rage, and the fight to reclaim truth.