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The goal of this website is to give support to people who are facing problems in their relationship related to cheating, abuse and narcissism. I am living in Europe and English is not my native language, I wish you will excuse me if I make some grammatical errors. I have a background in neuroscience and behavioral sciences and I am currently doing brain research related to these topics in university in my home country. I decided to write in English because I wish to reach as many people as I can around the world.

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I received an email from one of the readers of this website, who asked me to write about how to get over the memory of cheating, when wife has been having an affair but has ended it and wishes to continue relationship. Writer would like to continue relationship but he is still feeling strong pain when he is thinking of matters related to cheating. Writer was wondering how long it will take to get over traumatic event such as cheating or an affair and whether he is ever able to trust his wife again.

I have been writing about cheating and how to get over it a lot on this website. I can share my personal experience regarding this matter, I wish it will help. I was in a relationship with man who was dishonest and eventually turned out to be cheater. I found out about cheating but I did not leave immediately. I tried my best to make relationship work, but in the end I drew my conclusions based on the behavior of my spouse and I ended relationship. The reason why I did that was that I was not able to trust my spouse after all the lies he had told me. One reason for this was that I never sensed my spouse was genuinely sorry about lying. He never really apologized from all his heart. This kind of behavior was most likely due to narcissistic characteristics in my spouse.

However, if the cheating spouse is NOT narcissistic and is genuinely sorry about what has happened, then it is easier to regain trust. It is possible to learn to trust again after cheating. It will take time and there are certain phases one must go through in order to get fully over cheating. You can read more about these phases from page How to Get Over Cheating and Betrayal.

The brain is reacting to cheating in same manner as the brain of a drug addict is reacting to deprivation of drug. To read more about this, visit page Cheating and The Brain.

If you understand the biological basis for your emotions, it is easier for you to learn to control negative emotions and get over cheating faster. To read more about this topic and to find out how you can help yourself to get over cheating, visit page Recovery After Cheating.

- Maria

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I created this website aiming to help those who are dealing with narcissism, cheating, mistrust, insecurity, betrayal or other problems in their relationship. If you wish to read more about me and my background, please visit page Site Overview. If you are interested in topics related to cheating, narcissism, mind and brain, please feel free to read my blog. Blog is being updated on daily basis. If you wish to read about methods I used to teach my brain to get rid of my "addiction" to a narcissist, please visit pages Control Your Emotions and Recovery After Cheating.

 

Comments (3)
  • shelly  - I fell too
    Oh my if I justt knew what happened him to make him this way. Mine has lied, cheated and gone on the attack when I found out. Has never explained himself once. I feed him all the love still wasn't enough. I heard phone messages to other women always wants to see if they need help! You hit that one on the money
    He is so good at manipulation he was still seeing a woman whom he had cheated on his wife with. She has a son in a wheelchair how much better can a Narc. Have it the ultimate woman to feed his sense of needed! He always bought himself flowers hmm? He sought the worst revenge.
    They will always lose this I know, because he loved me and still destroyed
    It! Feel sorry and move on. I want to shout out yo that woman with the child, but the revenge isn't worth it
    the Ten years wasted.
  • Jeanette
    A few days ago, I found out myself that my ex boyfriend had cheated on me. although we are no longer togeather because of the fact he had moved away and we decided it would be best not to try a long distance realationship. The news of the cheating still, ripped me to the core. In the beginning of the realationship he was the best boyfriend anyone could ask for. We sepnt as much time as we could togeather, and for the first time I felt happy with a man. But we both new our days were numbered due to his move. It seems like over night a few months before his move he started changing. He didnt want to see me as much, he would even schedule days that were labeled as "his days" I thought because he was moving soon he should have as much space as he wanted to deal with the things he needed to. I tried to be as understanding as possible. But time after time, he would find something else wrong with the way I was in the realationship. My emotions were uncontrolable towards the end, because I knew he was leaving soon but did not want to spend hardly any of that time with me. This hurt me but I took it, because I loved him. When it came time for him to move, we said our goodbyes and had what I thought was a good talk about what went wrong with us. After he left we kept in very close contact, we talked several times a day. And he acted towards me as he once did.

    A few weeks after we had moved, he messaged me on msn messanger, and told said "I cheated on you". I was shocked it was out of the blue, I was talking to him hours before. I rushed to call him, with no answer. What he continued to write broke my heart. He said "I thought our realationship was stupid, so I stuck my penis in a vagina, maybe if you weren't so controlling then I" wouldnt have, I dont want to talk to you ever again."

    I was shocked this only happened a few days ago, and im finding it very hard to wrap my head around it. The cheating is hurtfull by itself, but the way he told me blows my mind. Has he no respect for me? I did everything I could to make him happy. I wrote him a message the following day with no response. I need closure, I can't eat, I can't sleep. I thought I knew him so well and he turned on me like a dog, im schocked.

    Not only am I trying to deal with this, but a few years before I met this man, I was in a realationship for 3 years were I was cheated on repeatedly. I didnt date after that, because I never wanted to be hurt like that again. Then when I met this man, I let my gaurd down and trusted him.

    The fact that my whole life in with men have left me hurt, betrayed, and cheated on. Leaves me to believe that there is something wrong with me. I see no hope in my future for a man who loves me and respects me, and me alone. Im afraid I will never get the things I want in life. A family, childeren, and a loving husband. Im so lost in these emotions of not being wanted and being to stupid to knwo what is going on around me. I myself don't know what to think, or what to do.

    I know there is hope, but I dont feel it. Everytime I think about my ex's I think of how happy I was, and how it was just a lie. Reading the stories and articles on this site has helped me see that other people go through the same things. But I have yet to hear about the happyness after you get through it. I hope there can be a light at the end of my tunnel. As of now, knowing im not alone, is all I can realy ask for.
  • shelly  - hope
    There is hope. Keep your radar up, for even small inapropriate actions of risk and words. Do not ignore. Mine liked to cross the dbl yellow lines the look on his face was sheer joy! Tricked me several times into doing things I wouldn't do normally.He bought himself flowers..hmm. He said these hurtful things that shocked me to the core. I got back with my ex he buys Me flowers! Hope is there keep
    radar on:))..
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