I had a very rough childhood. I was verbally and mentally abused by my stepmom and my dad didn’t do much to stop it. It wasn’t a very loving household.

Now looking back, a lot of my behaviors that led to my marriage eroding directly link back to childhood trauma I had suppressed. Granted my wife did cheat, before things got to that point, I was suffering internally.

I honestly should’ve been in therapy from the time I graduated college and got benefits. I’m going to be a better partner in my next relationship, but it just sucks that my marriage had to breakdown in order for me to figure all of this out.