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Why do I always think my husband is cheating on me?

Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Nov 11, 2018
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jealousy stems from self insecurity. if you aren't confident in yourself, you often times don't see how your partner could love or care about you. this puts you into a thought spiral of "why me?" "why not someone else who's prettier/ smarter/ funnier?" the first step to overcoming jealousy is self confidence. also, prior suspicious behavior on his side can be a contributing factor, as well as your own desire to cheat. sometimes when you wish to do something you know is bad, you project it onto your partner to make yourself feel less guilty internally. but mostly its due to lack of self confidence.
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Profile: SaltWaterSoul
SaltWaterSoul on Nov 16, 2018
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Has he cheated in the past? If the answer is yes, then it takes time (sometimes more than seems fair) to rebuild broken trust. If he hasn’t cheated, then you need to identify what makes you feel so insecure. Living with worry and insecurity are not healthy. Can you talk to him about your concerns? It can also be extremely helpful to seek professional help in these situations. Often, our minds get stuck in negative feedback loops. A skilled professional can help you identify the cause of your faulty thinking and give you skills and tools to replace the negative thoughts with healthy ones.
Profile: embracewhatmaycome
embracewhatmaycome on Dec 13, 2018
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It sounds like you are not happy with your current level of communication with your husband. If there's no clear communication about your feelings, goals, and future, it may seem to you that he's hiding something from you. But just remember that your impression of him may be wrong. He may have no idea how you really feel. I suggest having a positive conversation with lots of laughs in order to vent your feelings fully. Being able to reconnect and understand each other's feeling can definitely help you get back on the right track in your relationship. I wish you the best of luck!
Profile: Happysam99
Happysam99 on Jan 10, 2019
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This happens when your mind doesn't have an anwser to a certain situation. Your mind will try to find something that can fill in the blanks. It may be true, but it may also be false. There are more than 100 reasons to fill in these blanks. To prevent this type of thinking, you must focus on the present. Focus on the information that is given to you. Communication with your husband is the way to find out the truth. You can find the truth through his emotions and behavior. Communication is the most important part of a healthy relationship.
Profile: youareablessing
youareablessing on Jan 27, 2019
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You may have such thoughts because you haven't spoken well with him in recent times. According to me, opening to the appropriate person is the best thing to ever do. Monitor keenly for a while and later talk with your husband face to face. Talk your heart out. And at the same time, be a good listener. Listen and understand to what he has to say. And when each of you have understood each other's feelings, sort things out together. But don't do it in a rush. Give it a time. Take your lone time too. Comprehend and then respond. Hope you find this helpful.
Profile: tomatensauce
tomatensauce on Apr 4, 2019
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it might be that your had some bad experiences while trusting somebody. feeling jealous is a feeling that can help you to protect yourself to not be hurt. reacting jealous to earlier situation might have been a good tool to protect yourself. this reaction then becomes intuitive in situations where jealousy might not be productive. but if you are aware of you feelings, you can work on old learned reactions that might not be productive any more. are there also times where you do feel save in your relationship? have you ever talked to you husband about your feelings?
Profile: ShiningPanda13
ShiningPanda13 on May 5, 2019
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A lot of times, our gut feeling is worth listening to, and can be right on the money even if we don't have any facts to support what it is telling us. Other times, our gut is sending messages that mean we are insecure in the relationship - - in this case, we need to explore why we may not feel safe with our partner. Have we always felt like this in our relationships, perhaps even with our own parents? Being able to discern the difference between our bodies really telling us something needs to be addressed and our emotions flooding our ability to think clearly is a skill that can help in figuring out what to do next.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on May 25, 2019
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I think maybe because you are feeling insecure, or confused in the relationship. Maybe something has changed and you feel as if he is hiding something. He might be going out more, staying out later, and feels like he is being more distant than usual. Maybe you should confront him about this. a change in behavior is always something to look out for, that usually means something is up or something has changed. but don't freak yourself out or rush to conclusions. But your gut instinct is very important to listen to as well. Always go with what you're feeling.
Profile: Kalosia
Kalosia on Jun 26, 2019
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This is more of a lack of self confidence thing. You are maybe insecure about yourself so you get triggered easily from your husband. The quote, “Love yourself first before loving anyone else,” is a true quote because you cannot love your husband if you don’t love yourself. When you don’t love yourself, you are scared of him leaving you and cheating on you and looking at you differently. You can try to confront him and feel better but that is temporary. Those thoughts will come back. But they will leave permanently when you take steps to love yourself. You won’t feel so scared.
Profile: SevenSolstice
SevenSolstice on Jun 30, 2019
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If you can't shake the feeling that your partner is cheating on you, there are two possibilities. 1. They're cheating on you and you're getting a gut feeling about it, or 2. You don't trust them, possibly because they've done something to break your trust in the past, or because you have insecurities. In the first case, you likely have reasonable evidence that's triggering gut feelings that you're ignoring. List out the evidence and see if it's concrete and reasonable. Things like changes in attitude towards you, suddenly being secretive about personal devices and frequently staying out late more often than usual can be indicative of cheating. If your partner isn't actually cheating on you but you consistently think that they are, this indicates trust issues. If it's because of a past incident involving the both of you, relationship counselling may be in order with the purpose of rebuilding that trust. However, if your trust has been broken in a major way, it can be difficult to rebuild. If you find yourself being unable to trust your partner despite working to rebuild trust, it may be time to let the relationship go. If however, your partner has done absolutely nothing to warrant your mistrust, you have some work to do on yourself. You could have been traumatised by a previous relationship, or you could have had bad relationships modelled to you growing up. You may have self-esteem issues that result in you thinking you're not good enough to keep a partner. It is then necessary to recognise that your insecurities aren't rational and to find a more balanced way of viewing the situation. Remember that the past isn't indicative of the present, and remind yourself of your many wonderful traits that make you attractive and lovable to your partner. Individual therapy can help in weeding out these subconscious beliefs about relationships and your self worth.
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