Betrayal trauma is much more common and serious than people realize. “Trauma” in the actual definition, like it literally CHANGED your brain when you got cheated on or betrayed. It can give you PTSD and often does, people just don’t recognize the signs. Having to go through your partner’s phone to feel safe and to stop panic is a literal trauma response. Frequent nightmares of the event or imagined similar ones are a sign of trauma.