BETRAYAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
Betrayal is a wound that never heals. It leaves a scar that reminds you of a pain inflicted by someone you trusted. Just one experience of betrayal can cause negative emotions and mental health issues for the one who was betrayed. It could also motive offending as the victim may try to cash in on any available opportunity to address the worries and anger that follow the incident of betrayal. The negative consequences of betrayal on both the one that betrayed and the victim of betrayal cannot be overemphasised and include: perpetual rancour / acrimony, mental health sicknesses, loss of life, loss of trust leading to unfriendly relationship and existence, increase in high blood pressure, fear, anxiety and a host of other negative emotions and outcomes.
Betrayal is pain arising from broken trust due to high expectations from others. To lessen this effect, lessen your expectations from others, Don’t betray others because you reap what you sow, Learn to forgive for your own sanity, mental wellbeing and overall health.
The writer, Coach Ebere Amaraizu, Anipr, Cipr(UK) is a Childcare expert, Olympic sports Administrator and manager, former Police Public Relations Enugu State and former National Coordinator POCACOV. He is a PREVENT SOC’s Policing Expert and Trainer, Child care expert, Alumni Member of U.S Government’s International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) on U.S Judicial System; Protecting women and children. He is the Lead consultant at Cope and Live Mental Health Awareness Foundation.