Hiya Scott,
You can get "Kalms" at Boots,Tesco's or any health food shop,they do a day or night-time variety.
As for the Licquorice......i agree,it tastes like sh*t,lol but it seems to work for Istari :occasion:
Hi mate,
I'm a partner of someone with childhood and military trauma.I agree with your bit about telling your partner,very true,or otherwise they don't know you're having problems,and can just think you're being a bit of a git.
Welcome to the forum
Hi Pitbull found this:
Complex PTSD
Complex PTSD (sometimes called "Disorder of Extreme Stress") is found among individuals who have been exposed to prolonged traumatic circumstances, especially during childhood, such as childhood sexual abuse. Developmental research is revealing that many...
Hi there,
I'd recommend you read a good book on CSA survivors.
"Victims no longer" by Mike Lew,aimed at the survivors but i found it an invaluable read or "Allies in healing:When the paerson you love was sexually abused as a child" by Laura Davis
Quite often with CSA survivors they are "ok" and...
Hi Kguyton,
I would say that it gets easier when you do live day to day and stop looking for the "perfect life" that we're probably all guilty of wanting.It doesn't exist.We all have the life we have and we all have a choice to be with a person or not.
For me the answer is to attend to myself...
Hugs Bobbie,
My partner is also a UK army vet,definitely take care of yourself.....if you don't, you will go down-hill and be no good to yourself OR your partner.I also have co-dependency issues that i'm learning to deal with and have had to learn to do what "I" need to,not what others need.
We use a calender that we write EVERYTHING on,this helps as my partner will remember to look at the calender.
From my point of view Jen,i think pre-warning your partner about any birthday get-together is a good idea as my partner would be totally thrown by the unexpectedness of being faced by...
Hi and welcome to the group,
I'm new as well and also have a partner who's a vet,although he left the army about 16 years ago,but only started to seek/get help about 4 years ago.
See you in the forums
Celt