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Originally Posted by Omers
H knows that I am triggered. I am emotional and highly volatile right now. I know this goes back to around 5th grade where I stopped some developmental things because of trauma. At that time I became very reactive and violent. T accidentally triggered it with the affirmation stuff (at that age I very much did not want to be seen and the affirmation stuff feels hugely invasive.) H doesn’t understand how affirming me can be a trigger but he is angry that T didn’t know it would be a trigger “It’s his job”. *sigh*... so... T is somewhat on the clue bus, I am using my skills to get to my next session Monday and see what we can do... AND... H is pissed. Pissed at T so tonight he makes me look at the background screen on his phone. It is a picture of me he KNOWS is a trigger! He got angry as hell at me when I told him that it was a trigger! So I told him it wasn’t appropriate. Now he is angry as a wet cat but “not” pissed at me, just “F*ing angry as hell he doesn’t know if he is talking to a 3yr old, 8yr old, 5th grade or a 42yr old. So he is screaming at the animals and slamming doors.
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Screaming at the animals and slamming doors doesn't sound like 42-year-old behavior either to be honest. More like 7 maybe.
A therapy relationship that one person has can cause some stress in a marriage. I'm not saying that is a reason to not go to therapy, but it is a close relationship with someone who is not your spouse. That can make the spouse either jealous, protective, or sometimes both. My husband is generally fine with me going to therapy as long as I'm getting along with the therapist. When I'm not, and get angry at her it affects my emotional stability which obviously affects him, and that causes him stress and he has gotten very angry at the therapist.