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The Angry Therapist Podcast

If You've Been Cheated On, Ask Yourself This

The Angry Therapist Podcast

John Kim

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, John talks about the challenges people face when they stay in a relationship after infidelity. He encourages people who are in this situation to ask themselves a very important question: why are you staying in this relationship? Especially when there hasn't been any growth, or change on the other person's end.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, my name is John Kim. I'm a therapist who went through his own

0:04.3

rebirth many years ago and I've been documenting my journey ever since sharing my life

0:08.9

lessons and revelations. I believe in casual over clinical with you instead of at you. I come unrehearsed on purpose

0:16.2

because self-health doesn't have to be so complicated.

0:19.1

Do you want this relationship and why? I know it sounds obvious but this is a question I ask

0:30.1

clients especially clients who either have gone through infidelity or,

0:37.0

you know, something, it's, maybe the relationship is abusive,

0:41.0

maybe there's a pattern of being in relationships that are

0:46.8

lobsided, where people are going above and beyond and partners are not returning and I will just flat out ask why are you in this

0:58.8

and I preference by saying you know I mean this sincerely I'm not telling you to get out of the

1:06.0

relationship that is not my call together we will process and hopefully come to some answers, conclusions or not I don't know but why are you

1:20.7

in this? And 90, I would say like 97%

1:27.0

don't have an answer.

1:30.0

They'll say, well, you know know he's really nice or she's understanding or you know all of

1:40.3

these things that kind of imply that it's not horrible or you know they're not

1:51.2

always this way but it's never like well I'm full I'm in love

1:57.3

with this person or this person is magic and what we have built is amazing or you know

2:06.4

and there isn't certainty you know there isn't like why know exactly why I'm with this person.

2:13.0

It's because X, Y, and Z.

2:15.0

It's usually like kind of lukewarm, well, you know,

2:20.0

we have a history.

2:22.0

I've known this person for a while.

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