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Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

376 - Having a Good Relationship After Leaving a Bad One

Multiamory: Rethinking Modern Relationships

Multiamory, LLC

Sexuality, Education, Relationships, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.9970 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes, we carry over trauma from a bad relationship into a good one, and this can make it difficult to have a fulfilling and happy relationship, even if it's with a good person. This episode discusses how PTSD and past baggage can show up in current relationships, how otherwise healthy behavior can be unsettling or confusing if you’re used to a toxic relationship, and as always, some actionable takeaways for recovering from trauma and building healthier relationships.Join our amazing community of listeners at multiamory.com/join. We offer sliding scale subscriptions so everyone can also get access to ad-free episodes, group video discussions, and our amazing Discord community. Multiamory was created by Dedeker Winston, Jase Lindgren, and Emily Matlack.Our theme music is Forms I Know I Did by Josh and Anand.Follow us on Instagram @Multiamory_Podcast and visit our website Multiamory.com. We are a proud member of the Pleasure Podcasts network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You don't even need to have a history of some kind of physically related PTSD

0:08.1

necessarily behind this, but I've heard from a lot of folks who've been in

0:11.6

relationships in the past where it's like I touch my partner and they immediately want to escalate it to sex.

0:18.0

And so because of that I end up avoiding touch at all of a partner unless I want to have sex.

0:24.9

And it's very much a binary of either I'm going to touch you because I want to have sex or I'm not

0:28.8

because there's no in between.

0:30.6

Wow.

0:31.6

Yeah, yeah, and then feeling like I don't want that pressure to have to do that right now.

0:35.0

Welcome to the multi-ammery podcast. I'm Jace. I'm Emily.

0:40.0

And I'm Dettaker. We believe in looking to the future of relationships, not maintaining the status quo of the past.

0:46.4

So whether you're monogamous, polyamorous, swinging, casually dating, or if you just do relationships differently.

0:53.4

We see you and we're here for you. did.

1:10.0

Force a meter for myself to fix. On this episode of the multi-amery Podcast, we're talking about how to have a good

1:15.9

relationship after you've been in a bad relationship or even several bad

1:20.7

relationships. We'll be talking about how PTSD as well as other past baggage can show up in your current

1:27.7

relationships, how otherwise healthy

1:40.6

relationships can even feel unsettling or confusing if you're used to toxic relationships and

1:36.1

some actionable takeaways for recovering from trauma and building healthier

1:40.6

relationships.

1:41.6

Yeah, so we're doing this episode because a while back a listener reached out wondering just specifically

1:48.0

if we had any episodes addressing how to have a good relationship even after having a difficult relationship history or a traumatic relationship

1:57.5

history.

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