The Niagara Centre for
Healing & Recovery

Betrayal trauma and codependency often intertwine in relationships where trust, emotional safety, and boundaries have been repeatedly compromised. Betrayal trauma—stemming from infidelity, compulsive sexual behaviour, pornography use, or chronic deception—can deeply disrupt the nervous system, leading to hypervigilance, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, and a painful loss of self-trust.

 

Codependency frequently emerges as a survival-based adaptation, where individuals learn to prioritize others’ needs, silence their own pain, and blur boundaries in an effort to maintain connection and stability.​​ By addressing both relational trauma and nervous system dysregulation, therapy helps dissolve survival-based coping, restore secure attachment, and cultivate lasting emotional resilience and self-led healing.