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1 year after affair - I seem to get very stressed about small things - how to recover?

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purpledragonfly · 31/03/2011 21:13

DH had a 2 month affair with a colleague which I found out about this time last year. We decided to repair our family and here we are a year on. Things have gone relatively well and we have made gradual progress with some backwards steps, but mostly forwards. I am a SAHM (at the time, both DCs had yet to start school, I still have one home with me full time now). At the time, I felt that the OW was poised to step into my life and basically take everything. I envisaged her sleeping with my husband, taking my children on days out, visiting my husband's family and basically filling my shoes. I was also very stressed at the probability of my DCs being away from me overnight regularly (they were 3 and 1 at the time) going to stay with DH and OW. I was also very worried about how I would look after the DCs financially. I was worried about having to move house (didn't care about value/size of house, just didn't want to move out of my home because it's my home).

Anyway, all this is in the past, but I still get very stressed and uptight about stupid things (which are unrelated to DH). eg if DS needs to bring something to school for a particular day, I will be overly stressed about forgetting it and DS being upset about it. Just everyday trivial stuff. I never actually end up forgetting the stuff! I have been like this ever since I found out about the affair and whilst we make loads of progress on our marriage, I don't make progress with these little stresses. When I actually found out, I was relatively calm (suppose I was in shock), but after a couple of days, my heart started beating fast and I just felt constantly stressed. Now I just feel stressed about these little things when they occur. Stressed that I will forget to post something in time etc.

What is the matter with me?! How can I fix it?

(Will be at computer on and off)

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cloudybay24 · 31/03/2011 22:14

Hi purple have a look at the Recovery After an Affair thread.

There are loads of us in the same boat.

I am v sinilar to you. DH had EA over 3 months with a colleague. 17 months after Discovery I still get myself in a state and seem to live some days in a constant state of anxiety.

There are no miracle cures but hopefully you will get support on there.

Aislingorla · 31/03/2011 23:27

Yes purple, come on over to 'Recovery after an Affair'.

dittany · 31/03/2011 23:30

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reelingintheyears · 01/04/2011 00:04

Does your DH know how unhappy you are?

How well/much do you talk about the everyday/little things that stress you out so much?

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