Why Do People Cheat? Reasons People Cheat
from What Your Therapist Thinks
by Felicia Keller Boyle & Kristie Plantinga
Published: Wed Nov 05 2025
Show Notes
Certified sex therapist Amalia Miralrio joins Felicia and Kristie to talk everything cheating. Drawing from her psychoanalytic expertise, Amalia breaks down infidelity as an unconscious drive. She explains where it can originate from and why this inner conflict leads to a struggle for autonomy.
Some takeaways:
- How unconscious drives work as a motivation for cheating
- The connection between infidelity and early developmental issues
- How this inner conflict often leads to a repetition compulsion
- Balancing the human needs for intimacy versus freedom
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