When Trauma Damages Our Relationshps

During the fall of 2008, the relationship I was in ended by drowning in trauma. Each of us was facing life-changing, traumatic circumstances of our own. Neither of us was able to really help the other, and lacking the skills to do otherwise we added damaging each other to the list of traumas we each were reeling from.

I wish we had been able to read "Reconsidering the Anger in Your Relationship," an article I just received in my email in box from Psych Central, last year.

If you and your partner are dealing with trauma right now or in the more recent past, or you may ever have to deal with trauma in the future, take a moment to read and bookmark the article now. Following these steps, even imperfectly, may save you from adding a failed relationship to whatever list of traumas you're experiencing.

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