Sweetpea76
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Sometimes I feel a bit "cheated" by life because I cannot do the typical "young people" stuff with him like going clubbing and this is pretty tame and if we don't even do that.... pretty depressing.
Of course I could do it with another partner but as a married women I just don't want to.
@Lemontree, that's what girls nights out are for. I do loud clubs and concerts with girlfriends, and since I love amusement parks, I do those with my kids. My vet knows he has an open invitation if he ever wants to go anywhere with me, but he also knows that I'll still go and do things that I like regardless of if he wants to go or not. I would make myself bonkers if I sat at home every day just because he was going through one of his hunkered down phases. Also, I think I would probably drive him crazy by hanging out around him during one of those phases full of pent up energy and bored to tears. Now if he is having a bad day and wants me there, then I'll absolutely keep him company. I also don't constantly run around and leave him alone. However, I have to have my own way to escape from PTSD and have some normalcy.
I am going to take a vacation from this boards for a week or so. I realized reading all those stories of rape drags me down.
I tend to stay out of the sufferer threads unless I see something specific on the home page that relates to my sufferer, something I'm researching, or something that I am familiar with. I have way more than enough trauma stories from my own sufferer. :(