Aravind Padmaraju argues that healing from betrayal is possible but demands sustained effort, not a single act. He compares it to cleaning a carpet that hasn't been touched in a year: one attempt won't remove deep stains. Remove the hurt spoon by spoon, and you create space for positive emotions.
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Is it possible to fully heal from a betrayal in a relationship, or this scar doesn't leave you lifetime? So it is 100% possible. It is something like a carpet which is not cleaned, not cleaned for 1 year. Do you think in 1 attempt you can clean that carpet? Not at all possible. It is— it requires work. At the same time, do you also know that if I keep cleaning, it can get back to its original state? Yeah, it is possible. It takes time, but it is possible. It is possible. The same thing with your heart as well, because someone has A hurt is smaller than someone. It all depends on how deep you've been hurt. And then the healing is just again a process of a journey. So you keep healing and you keep seeing the more and more your space you're making. So another example which I want to give, a box is full of dirt, right? I can make a spoon by spoon releasing it, right? Over a period of a time, you know that empty space is creating in that so that you can start filling the positive thing, positive emotions on that space so that you can move forward with your life.