Can you recover from an Affair outside of your relationship?
The previous question was submitted though Come Get Help’s Facebook message board.
An affair is a devastating event in a relationship which can break the trust that was once placed in a partner. A relationship can recover from an affair if both partners are willing to work to learn to build back the trust and to forgive. This, of course, is easier said than done.
Most relationships have a hard time recovering from an affair because forgiving is a difficult process, especially because an individual cannot forget that the affair happened. We all have difficult memories from our past which bring us sadness and sorrow. The memory of an affair has a similar effect. Some individuals are capable of living with the sad memory of an affair better than others. Just like some individuals are able to forgive easier than others.
Many factors are involved in our ability to forgive and live with a sad memory: previous breaks of trust from important people in our life, past traumatic events, intolerance to change, culture, religion, family history, and many others. The good news is that when two people love each other and are willing to work together and invest time into their relationship because they want to stay together, they can recover from an affair by learning different tools and techniques which a professional can help facilitate.
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