Your husband cheated on you, and now you don't recognize yourself.You used to be confident, grounded, and trusting. Now you feel like you're unraveling. You find yourself obsessively checking his phone, combing through his email and social media accounts, and panicking if he's even a few minutes late or doesn't respond to your texts right away. You catch yourself questioning your looks, your worth, your sanity. After a rare happy moment together, you suddenly explode with rage-and you don't know why.You're scared. Angry. Obsessive. Devastated.One moment, you hope your marriage can be saved. The next, you fantasize about burning it all down. You think, "What is wrong with me?" You wonder if you're losing it. You worry you'll never feel normal again.You are NOT crazy. You have PTSD.You're having a completely normal response to something deeply traumatic: being blindsided by your husband's betrayal. Your intense emotions, your mental looping, your unpredictable reactions-they're all valid.This book will help you figure out what to do as you deal with these explosive emotions. It's important that you understand that your feelings-erratic and unpredictable as they may be-are normal. You need to understand why you feel the things you feel and what to do with those feelings.This is a supportive, no-nonsense guide for women navigating the emotional chaos of betrayal-written by Dr. Caroline Madden, a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist with two decades of experience helping women like you feel like themselves again.
