When my husband became emotionally involved with another woman and eventually abandoned our marriage, I thought I was only grieving the loss of a relationship. What I didn’t understand was that his betrayal had awakened wounds much older than my marriage.

In the movie Ghost Town, Gwen—a recently widowed woman—discovers that her late husband had been involved in an affair before his death. The revelation plunges her into a second kind of grief, layered atop the first. She is suddenly catapulted from grieving widow to traumatized, self-doubting wife.

Why Betrayal and Spousal Abandonment can Cause Symptoms of PTSD

“Trauma is perhaps the most avoided, ignored, belittled, denied, misunderstood, and untreated cause of human suffering.” — Peter A. Levine