#79: 5 Reasons Why People Cheat

On Attachment

Stephanie Rigg

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Relationships

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

A couple of weeks ago, I shared my thoughts on if “once a cheater, always a cheater” is true, and today I’m continuing the conversation around the reasons why people cheat in a relationship and getting curious around what’s driving these behaviours. For some people this may be a challenging episode to listen to, so please make sure you’re in the right mindset to listen. We'll cover: Wounds around worthinessDisconnection and lonelinessFeeling like it’s the easy way outBeing seen through rose...

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0:00.0	You're listening to On Attachment, a place to learn about how attachment shapes the way we experience relationships and where you'll gain the guidance, knowledge and practical tools to overcome insecurity and build healthy, thriving relationships.
0:19.7	I'm your host, relationship coach Stephanie Rigg,
0:22.8	and I'm really glad you're here. Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of On Attachment.
0:29.8	In today's episode, we are talking all about infidelity. Now, this is a big topic, and it's a
0:36.5	really sensitive topic, and for some people, it's a really sensitive topic and for some people it's a really
0:39.0	hard topic if you have been in the position of being cheated on or otherwise grappling with
0:45.7	some sort of betrayal in your relationship. So I just want to say at the outset that for some people
0:51.5	this might be a really challenging episode to listen to.
0:54.8	And so obviously be discerning and make sure that you are in the right state of mind
0:59.9	if you are someone who does struggle to talk and hear about this and might be challenged
1:04.7	by what we're going to talk about today.
1:06.8	So I'm going to be sharing five reasons why people might cheat in a relationship.
1:13.3	And there are so many disclaimers that I want to add here because I think that it's so
1:18.1	important to understand that when we seek to get curious about why someone might do something
1:24.0	like cheating in their relationship, that that curiosity is in no way intended to
1:30.9	justify, to explain, to excuse behaviors that are harmful and that do amount to a breach of trust,
1:39.3	do amount to a betrayal. So letting both of those be true, right, holding in one hand the curiosity while also
1:46.7	allowing yourself to feel, if you have been cheated on, allowing yourself to feel all of the
1:52.7	things that you feel because that's perfectly understandable and very human for that to be
1:58.3	an extremely painful experience. So in no way is any discussion of
2:03.4	reasons why someone might do this intended to excuse or explain away that behavior to justify
2:09.7	it or make it okay. But I think that it's important for us to get curious because the simple
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