Static & Smoke
Stories from the aftermath.
Honest writing about betrayal trauma, infidelity, grief, healing, and finding your way back to yourself.
Forty Was Not the Year I Was Promised
A birthday, a betrayal, and the year that changed everything
I thought forty would be the year I finally settled into myself. Instead, it became the year betrayal changed my relationship, my friendships, and the version of me I thought I knew.
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The Strange Grief of Staying
Healing after betrayal when the relationship continues
There are rituals for grieving a death and familiar language for the end of a relationship. But when you stay after betrayal, you grieve inside the life you are still trying to rebuild.
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The Collateral Damage of Infidelity
How Betrayal Trauma Cost Me My Best Friend
When infidelity shattered the relationship we’d spent twenty-one years building together, I expected to lose trust. I never expected to lose pieces of myself—or the friendships I thought would survive.
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Welcome To Static & Smoke
A Personal Journey Through Betrayal Trauma, Infidelity, and Healing
Betrayal doesn’t arrive in one clean moment. It dismantles your reality piece by piece—and leaves you trying to tune into the truth through static and smoke.
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