Sometimes I think the hardest part is the lonely part. I understand why friends and acquaintances do not "get it" as to where my sufferer went, who is this guy, we don't recognize him...But family (HIS) family continuing to remain lazy? Baffling. To continue to say in front of and behind his back "We don't believe in PTSD..." inexcusable. The worst part is T knows this but continues to be around them. It leaves me in such a conundrum. I am very vocal and not afraid to have confrontation when a loved one is involved, civil and gently of course. But he has asked me to say nothing. So we tiptoe:O_o: around the fake jungle:lurking: (that looks jungleish) with the HUGE elephant tripping us up every year at holiday!!! And anyone on this board knows how close we are to Holiday again........:nailbiting:........I am so sick of it. They have never asked once what they could do other than ship him off to treatment, and after treatment NO CALLS.. I have no one but a therapist and 2 people I talk to about all that goes on in our lives....Both my parents have passed and the rest live states drive away...I get so tired and lonely. T is at an "OK" place at this time but he battles daily and it seems his family is always right there to set us back 20 steps at any given moment. I want to scream....They are an alcoholic family w/narcisstic mom (who justifies it by the alcoholic father being the problem). It's a mess. It is so unhealthy I wish he was to the point of separating himself from them but :banghead::banghead::banghead: aye he is not.
So, its lonely even though we have made much progress in our new cPTSD life as sufferer and supporter its just dang LONELY!
VERY thankful for this site!! And the many blogs and articles I have come across on this site!!
BraVo:tup:;)
So, its lonely even though we have made much progress in our new cPTSD life as sufferer and supporter its just dang LONELY!
VERY thankful for this site!! And the many blogs and articles I have come across on this site!!
BraVo:tup:;)