How to rebuild self-esteem after being cheated on [Video]

It’s easy to overlook the earth-shattering impact of cheating. The vengeful fantasy of glowing up, selling the clothes they left at your house on Depop, listening to Megan Thee Stallion, and bumping into their best friend at a club who makes lingering eye contact before whispering, “I cannot believe they did that to you,” is much sexier than the reality: emotional wreckage, lost trust, shattered self-worth, and a long road to healing.

This is an almost universal response to deep betrayal, but why advertise it? Despite a growing appetite for candid, unfiltered representations on social media, nobody’s going to post themselves feverishly zooming in on Instagram pictures from a burner account at 4am, or a room filled with mouldy, half-drank cups of tea and stale, salty pillowcases. 

Why? Social media is the theatre for fantasy, not reality. Last year, we saw Gigi Paris take to Instagram with a low-waisted black skirt, heeled boots …