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Relationship I wanna scream at him...

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Amber P.

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I have been laid up in bed for a week now with extreme low back pain. This basically means I cannot get up by myself or walk by myself or anything really. My husband, who is ptsd thay manifests as anger, has been taking care of me. He acts like it is the worse thing he has ever had to do which makes me not want to ask him. When I do, there is a lot of sighing and eye rolling. I honestly do not think he believes that it hurts as much as it does. He constantly goes on about how he has just learned to deal with his back pain but I can guarantee this is different than normal back pain. I get so upset and frustrated by his behavior and I feel like he doesn't treat me like someone who loves another person. For instance, tonight I was standing up trying to reach my advil bottle on our coffee table. I accidentally knocked over a soda which did make a huge mess. However, it is not the end of the world and nothing got damaged but you would have thought I destroyed our house. He threw everything off the table, slammed all the cabinets trying to find a towel and made a big show of acting like he is the only person who never makes mistakes. It actually hurt my feelings a lot because I am in excruciating pain and definitely did not mean to do that, I just could not bend fully to pick the bottle up. Times like this, I almost regret marrying him but then I feel guilty feeling that way because I do love him. Sorry this is basically like a huge rant, but I have no one else to go to.

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He shouldn't be treating you that way, no need to feel guilty about being upset at him:hug: I'm sorry you're having to deal with pain and his rude attitude towards you :( PTSD can contribute to how you act, but it doesnt force you to treat people badly. It's rude behavior, PTSD aside, just disrespectful and not a way to treat your wife. Hope you feel better soon:hug:
 
Anything could be bothering him. You being injured is probably stressing him on top of his normal stressors. Have you read about the stress cup?

God love him, but my vet is useless if I'm hurt or sick. I'm sure a lot of it is a man thing (sorry to be sexist, but in my experience men aren't very patient nursemaids). However, with the PTSD, the added stress/worry/aggregation is too much for him.
 
I was bitten by our dog and while I was sitting there bleeding, with my head between my knees trying not to faint my vet was slamming drawers and grumbling about how he shouldn't have to deal with this shit.
Maybe the stress of seeing the person they love suffering causes their stress cup to overflow.
It sucks. Hugs if you accept them.
 
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