#114: My Partner Is Using Sex To Cope With His Anxiety. How Do We Move Forward?

The Betrayed, The Addicted, The Expert

Ashlynn Mitchell, Brannon Patrick, Coby Mitchell

Health & Fitness, Education, Mental Health, Sexuality, Self-improvement

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Caller Rachel's Question: "My husband has PTSD and has been using sex as a coping mechanism. The last 2 years have been traumatic and we are on a verge of a divorce. He doesn’t see it and is blaming me for his unhappiness. We can’t seem to move forward."

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0:00.0	My partner is using sex to cope with his anxiety.
0:03.0	How do we move forward?
0:07.0	Welcome to the Real Talk Recovery Podcast with the Therapy Brothers.
0:10.0	We're brothers, we're therapists, and we know recovery.
0:14.0	Bring your stories, your questions, your successes with real recovery.
0:31.0	Move forward.
0:37.0	It's a good question.
0:39.0	Before we dive into this, we have a review from, I am not Jake from State Farm.
0:46.0	So I assume it's Jake.
0:51.0	So Jake says, I'm a big supporter of this podcast and have shared this with family and friends.
0:58.0	I enjoy learning about each topic that either I directly relate with or indirectly relate to.
1:03.0	Thank you for sharing your talents and knowledge.
1:07.0	Thank you, not Jake from State Farm or not Jake.
1:10.0	That was nice of you to reach out there.
1:12.0	We always appreciate the feedback, of course.
1:16.0	So Brandon, before we jump in, I wanted to just mention one thing.
1:19.0	We've had a lot of people start listening on Spotify and just wanted all of our listeners to know
1:27.0	that we've also gone with being able to post video to Spotify.
1:31.0	So I don't know what's appealing about being able to watch a couple of guys behind microphones talk.
1:36.0	But you're good looking, Tyler. That's what's appealing.
1:41.0	Come on.
1:43.0	If anyone wants a video, you can go to Spotify to do your listening now,
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