Episode 31 - Why Cheaters Cheat- AND Are Then RomConned

About this episode

This episode explores the reasons behind cheating, focusing on intimacy deprivation and its psychological impacts.

People don't usually cheat because they found someone hotter. They cheat because they found a version of themselves they missed. In this episode, we explore intimacy deprivation, the specific kind of connection someone has gone without for so long that relief starts feeling like truth. We break down the five types of intimacy and how deprivation in those areas can create vulnerability to affairs, emotional affairs, coercive relationships, trauma bonds, romance scams, and RomCons. Because people do not only crave people—they crave experiences of self inside connection. Understanding psychological vulnerability is not the same as removing accountability. Music: Fear of The Dark by Soundridemusic Link to Video: Cinematic Suspense Trailer NoCopyright Music for Video / Fear of the Dark by soundridemusic

People in this episode

Host: Laurel House

Topics covered

• cheating
• intimacy deprivation
• emotional affairs
• coercive relationships
• trauma bonds
• romance scams
• psychological vulnerability

Keywords

• cheating
• intimacy
• emotional affairs
• trauma bonds
• romance scams
• psychological vulnerability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Soundridemusic

Books & works: Fear of The Dark

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