Whitney Leavitt and her husband have had infidelity points — even past the MomTok scandal.
To this point, evidently every member of the forged of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives has some twist or hook.
On this case, her husband, Conner, was on Tinder.
To his credit score, Whitney’s husband has admitted to it. He’s additionally opened up about childhood trauma. However it’s his claims of an “dependancy” that may not sit nicely with The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives viewers.
Whitney Leavitt’s husband, Conner, was on Tinder
Honest warning: the dialogue of Whitney Leavitt’s husband’s Tinder scandal delves into critical, upsetting matters together with sexual assault and youngster abuse.
So, as you possibly can see detailed within the TikTok video under, Whitney and Conner had their very own scandal alongside the broader Mormon MomTok drama of Taylor Frankie Paul and others.
Conner was on Tinder. Whereas he has insisted that he was not looking for an affair (which many on social media doubt), he did admit to utilizing the dating-and-hookup app.
In a really somber, nearly 7-minute video, Whitney Leavitt and husband Conner delved into his Tinder scandal.
Conner explains that he did have a profile on Tinder, however emphasised that “it actually stemmed from an dependancy.”
It feels like Whitney’s husband is alleging that he has a “porn dependancy.” As we now have beforehand detailed, this fictitious situation shouldn’t be acknowledged by the broader psychiatric group. Nonetheless, whereas “porn dependancy” is usually a fringe right-wing speaking level that has been extensively debunked, something can change into a self-destructive behavior.
Why was Whitney Leavitt’s husband on Tinder?
The extra essential problem was why, if he was allegedly feeding an “dependancy” and never looking for a hookup, Conner was utilizing a courting app in any respect. Not the motive — however the root trigger.
A tearful Conner opened up about how he had discovered from his therapist that compulsively looking for out sexual materials in a self-destructive method shouldn’t be unusual in childhood sexual abuse (CSA) survivors.
That is when he revealed that he was a sufferer of sexual assault when he was solely 5 years outdated. Conner expressed that he regretted not having advised his spouse lengthy earlier than this.
Although folks wish to say that “kids are resilient,” kids even have fewer coping mechanisms for trauma than adults. Sexual assault is a horrific crime at any age. Nonetheless, a 5-year-old will nearly inevitably reply in a different way than an grownup. It turns into a formative trauma.
This can be very regular for folks to seek out varied coping mechanisms to course of trauma all through their lives. Typically, they take the type of easy behaviors like meals, train, and intercourse. They will take the type of (precise) addictions like alcohol, nicotine, opiates, and extra. Lengthy-term processing of trauma can even manifest as self-destructive behaviors (similar to, for instance, making a Tinder profile while you’re a fortunately married man).
We’re, in fact, devastated for what Whitney Leavitt’s husband suffered. One can solely hope that he has been capable of course of the evil that he skilled by counseling. In that means, maybe the Tinder scandal was precisely the wake-up name that he wanted.
