Sufferer Sex addict ex husband/stranger rape

[Deleted member 42433]

Hey all, I've had a seriously f*cked up 3 years. Of all the actual trauma, the PTSD is the hardest part. My symptoms are crippling and I don't know what my options are. I have 3 small sons. My ex was the love of my life. Discovery of his secret life broke me. One year into that hell, I was kidnapped and raped. I've done CPT and now I'm in EMDR. May is filled with awful anniversaries. My nightmares are worse, anxiety almost constant, intrusive thoughts about my ex-husband and his new girlfriend (did she heal him?!) and renewal of dissociation. My family thinks I'm not trying hard enough. Feeling hopeless.

 

[ladee]

People who have not experienced what we have, are never going to understand... that is just a fact of life... so let them think what they will... if any of them are willing to educate themselves, great...if not, there is this huge forum full of people who do understand because we have lived it,felt it, and suffer because of it..
so read around the threads and articles... you will find a lot of compassion and understanding...

Glad you found us.....

 

[Deleted member 42433]

Thank you.

 

[Deadman]

My family thinks I'm not trying hard enough.

That is one of the most common myths about mental illness. Who would put up with flashbacks, anxiety, depression, dissociation, and all misdirected anger out of sheer laziness? No one. Thats who.

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