Painter,

I'm new here, but coming from a situation where I was looking at porn as a way of coping with life. I know acknowledge that it is an addiction, and was a way of coping. I would many times internalize my feelings and emotions, letting them build, and porn (sex) was my outlet. It sounds like you husband's sexual needs are not for you, but an outlet for his emotions. His verbal outbursts also lend credence to that line of thinking.

Did he have parents who were very cold or wouldn't communicate much on an emotional level? I know from experience this is something I picked up from my parents, as well as my wife, and why our marriage is in rough shape. We're talking, and starting to 'piece' to save the marriage. We both turned to passive aggressiveness and anger to communicate, as well as sarcasm, instead of direct, honest communication.

Has he seen a therapist besides the MC?


M46, EXWW46
M15 T17
D20, S19, D13
M - Addiction since 1998
W EA/PA #1 2013/2014
W EA #2 June 2015...
BD 1 Big D talk 9/15
BD 2 - EA/PA disc 10/30/15
Served D 1/22/16
Divorced 5/25/16 (yes, that fast!)