One of the more difficult situations What a person can go through in a relationship is infidelity. It is a very painful event in which the person we love betrays the pact of trust and fidelity that we had established from the beginning of the relationship, it is also considered as such a great lack of respect that it affects love too much own self. It also implies recognizing and accepting that the person who is not only a partner but also considers himself a friend and confidant and has betrayed us with another person.
It is for this reason and sometimes adding the fact that with the couple many vital objectives have been established in common, in some cases they have children together, have many years of relationship, etc. that infidelity can even end in depression. It is true that it is difficult to overcome a depression after having an infidelity, however it is not impossible to achieve it. In this Psychology-Online article, we are going to give you a series of tips that will undoubtedly help you to know how to overcome depression due to infidelity.
It is clear that the consequences that a person who was betrayed by her partner can suffer can be quite serious, such as the fact of suffering a depression, however, below we are going to mention what are the symptoms that the person experiences in particular before starting to be depressed:
- Not stop thinking about what happened. The person does not stop thinking about it and may begin to have thoughts such as: "how could he do this to me?", "At what point did it happen?", "No I expected it from him (her) ”,“ I can't believe it ”,“ Will the other one be better than me? ”,“ Does he no longer love me in his life? ”,“ Will I be able to forgive him ) someday?", etc.
- Emotional imbalance caused by the feeling that he experiences of the lack of control towards the future since he had surely imagined all or almost all his life next to that person and it was not expected that some situation of this type could happen that would interfere with his plans and ideas that he already had in mind for his life future.
- Loss of vital sense since for the same reason that she already imagined her life next to that person and one of the strongest vital senses that she had It was the achievement of the goals and objectives that had been established as a couple, now you have the feeling of "not knowing where to go".
- Outbursts of violence physical and / or verbal towards whom she has betrayed and / or towards the person with whom she cheated.
- Sadness and anguish for the feeling of disappointment that infidelity has caused him since it was not expected that the person he loved could betray him
- Depression
- Sensation of emotional void
This article is merely informative, in Psychology-Online we do not have the power to make a diagnosis or recommend a treatment. We invite you to go to a psychologist to treat your particular case.
