Just wondering is anyone in the position where their family or friends just don't understand how complex PTSD actually is.
I feel it so difficult to discuss how I'm feeling or issues with my vet to my friends or family without them saying "he's just being a brat" "are you going to allow him to treat u like that" "he doesn't give a shit" etc... I don't know how to make them understand that's he's not just "being an asshole" but he's really suffering inside.
I now tend to keep it all to myself so they don't just paint him as a "selfish so and so"
Or tell me how silly I am for "putting up" with him!
It kind of makes me mad when they say I'm making excuses for his actions when in fact he actually struggling to keep his shit together.
Does anyone else get this or is this just because I allowed myself to get walked all over in my last relationship and they just want to look out for me!?!
Thanks for reading!!
I feel it so difficult to discuss how I'm feeling or issues with my vet to my friends or family without them saying "he's just being a brat" "are you going to allow him to treat u like that" "he doesn't give a shit" etc... I don't know how to make them understand that's he's not just "being an asshole" but he's really suffering inside.
I now tend to keep it all to myself so they don't just paint him as a "selfish so and so"
Or tell me how silly I am for "putting up" with him!
It kind of makes me mad when they say I'm making excuses for his actions when in fact he actually struggling to keep his shit together.
Does anyone else get this or is this just because I allowed myself to get walked all over in my last relationship and they just want to look out for me!?!
Thanks for reading!!