I was just having a convo with someone about headspace. regardless of what or how you're framing the conversation about, it's still related to an individual that was involved in a very painful part of your life.
We can't avoid this sometimes, at least I know I can't, but we can give it as little time as possible.
I know early on in piecing we had conversations like that, but as time went on, the OM doesn't get brought up or talked about. We moved from OM being a focus to the A being the focus, to now, where the R is our focus.
Full disclosure: I still think about the A and OM and the betrayal; not all the time and not on purpose, but they pop up every once in a while. Give it a minute and then move on.