Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2010 4:56:17 GMT -7
More validation of the trauma we experience:
bindingthebrokenhearted.blogspot.com/2010/09/partners-of-sex-addicts-no-longer.html
"...Much of the sex addiction treatment model for the partner holds her "culpable" and treatment focuses on her history that "set her up" to marry a sex addict. For partners of sex addicts, it feels like this model is saying "you asked for it". She did not ask for it. She most likely had no idea. She didn't know and she was blind-sided.
I've found that relationships with sex addicts are often fraught with abuse. This can take the form of emotional, sexual and sometimes physical abuse. Prior to disclosure, partners are often subjected to blame shifting, gas lighting, verbal abuse or emotional abandonment within the relationship...."
bindingthebrokenhearted.blogspot.com/2010/09/partners-of-sex-addicts-no-longer.html
"...Much of the sex addiction treatment model for the partner holds her "culpable" and treatment focuses on her history that "set her up" to marry a sex addict. For partners of sex addicts, it feels like this model is saying "you asked for it". She did not ask for it. She most likely had no idea. She didn't know and she was blind-sided.
I've found that relationships with sex addicts are often fraught with abuse. This can take the form of emotional, sexual and sometimes physical abuse. Prior to disclosure, partners are often subjected to blame shifting, gas lighting, verbal abuse or emotional abandonment within the relationship...."