Men Get Cheated On Too!

Ep. 52: The Myth of Just Getting Over It

Adam Nisenson Episode 52

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At some point after betrayal, you hear it. Maybe from others. Maybe from yourself. “Just get over it.” It sounds simple. It sounds like the answer. But it creates more pressure than progress and leaves a lot of men feeling like they’re failing at something they don’t even understand.

“You don’t get over betrayal. You work through it.”

In this episode, Adam Nisenson, The Betrayal Shrink, breaks down why this message is so damaging and how it pushes men to suppress what they actually need to process. He explains why betrayal does not follow a clean timeline, why healing is not linear, and why trying to rush it often makes things worse instead of better.

Inside this episode:

·       Why “getting over it” is not how healing works

·       How pressure and timelines distort your recovery

·       The difference between processing and emotional bypassing

·       Why suppressed pain always comes back

·       What real healing actually looks like in day-to-day life

·       How to measure progress without expecting perfection

This episode helps you step out of the pressure to be done and into a process that actually works. You’re not behind. You’re not weak. You’re working through something that changed you.

This isn’t about rushing past what happened. It’s about giving yourself the space to move through it in a way that lasts.

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