EPISODE · Apr 7, 2026 · 25 MIN

123. Infidelity as Ambiguous Grief

from Tell Me How You're Mighty: Real Talk About Cheating · host Tracy Schorn, Sarah Gorrell

When you get chumped, why don't people bring casseroles? In this episode Tracy and Sarah discuss the complicated "ambiguous" grief of infidelity. Therapists call ambiguous grief "complex, often unresolved emotional pain felt when a loved one is physically absent but psychologically present, or physically present but psychologically absent. Being cheated on is its own kind of loss without closure and is uniquely isolating.

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