Connect
← Return to Anyone Else With PTSD?
Discussion
Comment receiving replies
Do you think a spouse having an affair can cause PTSD?
It’s not just the affair it’s basically eight years of lies and deceit that I feel has caused me PTSD.
It’s been about three or four years since we have been working through this and I still have triggers that bring me back. I have been working with a therapist in healing myself and I am making progress.
I am still married and I feel very disconnected from my spouse. I have turned my marriage over to God and gave up my control.
Can a person who has or is suffering from PTSD and is actively with the person who inflicted the traum get passed it when that person isn’t taking responsibility or trying to help you get through any of the attachment wounds caused???
Replies to "Do you think a spouse having an affair can cause PTSD? It’s not just the affair..."
Connect
@ccb12- Welcome to Mayo connect. I am very glad that you found us. Being cheated on by your spouse can certainly suffer from PTSD. Here is my blog post about this very thing except that my cancer caused mine. https://my20yearscancer.com/
I'm positive that my son's father cheated on me too. It is about the worst violation of trust that can happen. What made you decide to stay with your husband rather than divorce? I can't answer your question and I don't know what the future holds for you but I don't think that any inaction on your part will help you. You can't turn your future over you have to control it, otherwise nothing will happen. You sound miserable, why not make a step to be happy?