But when you depend on someone to meet certain needs, this response might not be feasible.Ĭhildren, for example, depend on parents to meet emotional needs along with food, shelter, and safety needs. People often respond to betrayal by pulling away from the person who betrayed them.
She described it as a specific trauma that happens in key social relationships where the betrayed person needs to maintain a relationship with the betrayer for support or protection.īetrayal trauma theory suggests harm within attachment relationships, like relationships between a parent and child or between romantic partners, can cause lasting trauma. The psychologist Jennifer Freyd first introduced betrayal trauma as a concept in 1991.
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