I believe my husband suffers from Othello Syndrome. A little background info about us is that we are both recovering addicts. We are 1yr and 2 months clean. We have leaned on each other for support and have had no relapses! But, in the past several months my husband has concocted this notion that I am having an affair. My husband and I have been together since highschool(20years). we have a 9 year old daughter together(only child). I have never been unfaithful.EVER! but he insists I am sleeping with the neighbor. A few months ago he confronted our neighbor and of course the neighbor denied any kind of affair with me and tried to ease my husbands worries as best as he could. My husband seemed satisfied with this but only a couple of days later he went right back to accusing me of the same thing.My husband spends hours and hours trying to drudge up any possible proof of this affair that he thinks we are having. If the neighbor and I are both online(facebook) at the same time my husband assumes we are making plans to meet up. he believes we both have secret accounts through email that we use to plan and talk about seeing eachother. I do not believe in being unfaithful. I have always stayed true to my husband. This has gotten to the point where I do not leave my home and I rarely will wear make up or do my hair for fear that he will assume I am getting ready to be with our neighbor. I was a hair stylist before I had my child,I used to be happy. I believe in making the outter self as beautiful as the inner self. I have completely lost any confidence that I once had. The issue is that my husband will promise almost daily that he will stop accusing me. I make the choice to believe him but the very next day it starts up again. this is tearing me apart. I do love him but not romantically anymore. That part of our relationship is gone. it has been ruined by this constant jelousy and accusation.I have no money of my own, no place to go. I am trapped.
is husband suffering from Othello Syndrome? He made himself into believing i'm cheating on him
Robert Rister
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Cheating, Adultery, Drama, Dysfunctional Relationships, and Psychological Disorders