Why Do I Feel Like I Can’t Trust After Infidelity?

Episode 34: Why Do I Feel Like I Can’t Trust After Infidelity? Trauma, Betrayal & Rebuilding Safety in Love
In this deeply personal episode of The Trauma Queen, Jessica Ella explores the emotional wreckage that follows infidelity—and why trust, once shattered, feels almost impossible to rebuild. If you’ve ever stayed after betrayal or struggled to open your heart again, this episode will help you understand the trauma beneath the pain.

Trust issues after betrayal aren’t just about what happened—they’re about what’s been reactivated. Jess explains how emotional wounds, attachment trauma, and past betrayals (from family or early relationships) all shape the way we respond when trust is broken.

💔 Inside this episode, you’ll uncover:

• Why infidelity triggers hyper-vigilance, shutdown, and a deep fear of re-opening

• The link between childhood trauma and your blueprint for trust

• Why betrayal can feel familiar if your nervous system is already wired for abandonment

• How trying to protect yourself through half-love only deepens the disconnection

• The powerful shift from needing to trust them—to learning to trust yourself again

• What it really takes to stay in a relationship after infidelity and move toward being healed, not just functioning

Whether you’re rebuilding with someone or trying to heal your identity after betrayal, this episode is a trauma-informed map back to your power, your clarity, and your capacity for real, secure love.

💫 Ready to stop living in fear and start trusting yourself again? Begin here or dive deeper inside the Love Woundsprogram at https://linktr.ee/jessellaainsworth