Please tell me how to get doubting friends & family to understand?

[alittlehelpplease]

How can I get doubting friends or family to understand my PTSD, depression, anxiety, and avoidance?

 

[LunaticOnTheFritz]

I'm a belly toucher. I always ask first. I think it's cuz I never had a baby and I'm fascinated by it.

 

[Shaylee]

I'm a belly toucher. I always ask first. I think it's cuz I never had a baby and I'm fascinated by it.

Nothing wrong with that. It is fascinating

 

[Sideways]

Mod Note:
Aaaaaand back on track to the thread please!

 

[Kath]

personally, i believe that PTSD, depression, anxiety, and avoidance are phenomena which you can't understand without having experienced it first hand. i don't fully understand it, myself, which only makes the attempt all the harder.

i feel like it is far more productive to puzzle ^it^ through with my fellow sufferers and be grateful my loved ones don't have the experience to understand. may they remain forever ignorant of PTSD, depression, anxiety, and avoidance.

That's a really great way to look at it !!