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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To those objecting to OP's use of the words trauma and PTSD: please recall that trauma is compounding. You do not know what experiences OP had before this event.

I have PTSD from a workplace harassment event about 10 years ago. If I described it to you, you might say "that's not trauma." But what you might not understand is that I also have trauma from childhood abuse and from a sexual assault in my 20s. The workplace harassment triggered memories and associations with those traumas. I can objectively look at those earlier traumas  and say that they were more violent, more upsetting events than the workplace harassment. But my brain does not make that distinction when my PTSD kicks in. I have more immediate PTSD effects regarding the workplace harassment than either my childhood abuse or sexual assault. There are lots of reasons for that, but it doesn't change the fact that it's trauma and I have PTSD.

So please do not police other people's descriptions of their life experiences. If OP is experiencing PTSD symptoms from her husband's betrayal, and if she considers it traumatic, it is. Her journey does not impact yours in any way. If it triggers you, you have the option of leaving this forum and exploring those feelings in another setting.[/quote]

+1 million. [/quote]

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