The word betrayal refers to an act by which the loyalty or commitment that exists between two or more parties is not respected. Betrayal is a common element in human relationships since human beings establish complex bonds with their peers that can change over time and be affected by different events. Betrayal, however, and despite being common, is always seen as a negative element since it means that trust and loyalty are lost between two parties in which these feelings previously existed.
The act of betraying or carrying out a betrayal supposes precisely that feelings such as respect, commitment, loyalty, fidelity that can exist between two parties are broken. When we speak of parties, we can refer to both persons and entities or institutions that are compromised in this act of treason. Normally, betrayal supposes some type of damage to the person who suffers it, be it emotionally as well as physically, economically, at work, intellectually. That is to say that a betrayal can be very varied and diverse depending on each case; the only common element is that it will always contribute to generate some damage or pain on the person in which it is exercised.
Betrayal can occur voluntarily, that is, looking for the person who carries it out to cause that damage to the other party, but it can also be involuntary and in the same way generate pain and damage in those who suffer it. Many times, the workplace can become a highly competitive environment in which situations like these often occur, thus breaking friendships or lasting friendly relationships. It can also occur in the field of love relationships since any type of deceit or infidelity is a betrayal of the idea of commitment and loyalty that the two people can have with each other.
Following