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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2015 10:13:47 GMT -7
This is a great book for women and it does NOT label us as co-addicts like Patrick Carnes does.
I really understood PTSD and the other symptoms that sexual addiction will to the offended partner.
I was able to get it on Amazon.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2015 7:02:31 GMT -7
The section on PTSD is great.
I never realized that when I found out about his SA, that I would go through this. The symptoms of Trauma are:
hyperarousel
reliving the event
intrusive images
panic attack (I'm on meds for these)
oversensitivity
dissociation
health problems
helplessness
hypervigilance
withdrawing
depression(I fell into depression badly in 2013)
phobia
inability to eat
chronic fatigue
sleeplessness
anxiety
avoidance ( I couldn't look H in the eye for a long time)
flashbacks
restlessness
overeating
immune/endocrine system problems (I'm on meds for my thyroid)
immobility
nightmares (I have 2 constant nightmares. In one, something bad happens to my son. In the second one, we are living back in WI and we are losing our house)
mood swings (I could be fine one minute and be crying, mad ...etc. the next minute)
denial
confusion
RAGE. This one I def. had. I was really angry and God and my H when I finally started to deal with it.
I caught him in 2006 and I didn't even talk about it to him until 2010. I held it in. Then I exploded. I found this site in 2010 too and it did help a lot.
Has anyone else felt this way?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2015 4:34:52 GMT -7
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2015 4:39:21 GMT -7
The nightmares are vivid.
I have to take Valium for panic attacks. I tired anti depressants but I'm allergic to them and they made me manic. Valium also helps insomnia. I've read that a lot of women end up on meds b/c of their spouses PA or SA.
The anger isn't as bad as it was five years ago, however, I still deal with it.
Lately, it's been more like grief for the lost years.
I still struggle with Depression, PTSD and Trauma.
I think it started with PTSD, shock, went to anger, then grief and now that we're separated in the home, it's been easier for me to work through my feelings.
This time has given me time to have a break from our marriage and to kind of find myself again or my bearings.
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