PTSD Caused Him To Forget He Was Still Married?

Is this a case of abusing PTSD or can this be for real? Somehow I doubt it's really what happened. While I am not a psychiatrist and do not play one on the blog, there doesn't seem to be any condition of PTSD that makes them forget something as important as being married and having five kids. Short term memory loss, sure, this happens all the time, but we're talking about having five children and a wife, not what he had for dinner the night before.

Woman Upset Husband Legally Has 2nd Wife
Man Says PTSD Caused Him To Forget He Was Still Married

POSTED: 5:12 pm CDT May 20, 2009

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- An Independence woman said her husband abandoned his family before the war and when he came back, he got a new wife and baby and a new life.

Marcella Rivera found out about her husband William Rivera’s possible bigamy in an unusual way. Her mother saw him on a Valentine's Day television special last year, marrying another woman. Rivera said she was floored, because he was still married to her.

"I don't think he should get away with it," said Marchella Rivera.

But he may have done just that.


Rivera found out Friday that the criminal bigamy charges against her husband were dropped. She said his attorney stated that he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a condition he suffered after his military tour in Iraq. Rivera said he didn't remember still being married to her and thought they were divorced.

"I guess if I truly believe in my heart that he didn't know, then OK, yes, he has PTSD and he didn't know; Iraq totally messed him up. But I know he knew he was married, because we had discussed it," she said.

Rivera said she filed for divorce before his second marriage, but they dismissed the case and were going to reconcile for the sake of the five children they have together.
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Woman Upset Husband Legally Has 2nd Wife