Hello,
I am new to the forum. I am a survivor of childhood abuse (verbal, emotional, sexual). I have disassociation issues, where I mentally check out when in a trigger comes up. My sense of self has been fractured; while I am nothing like United States of Tara, and no one would ever know if they met me I do have pieces that are like other personalities. It's all me, just divided and each piece has a function that helped me survive.
I do have flashbacks but they are always nightmares and not at a very frequent rate at the moment.
There is anxiety and of course some ptsd.
I am the spouse to a lovely veteran who also has some issues from childhood that seem to only have been compounded by deployments and military politics that really broke them down.
I am survivor and supporter!
This dynamic of individual needs does place a lot of strain on the relationship. Spouse is finally going to therapy so I am hoping that will ease some of the tension. I have been with my current therapist 3 years but have been in therapy for 6+ total.
I really like this site because while my therapist can give me great tools and advice sometimes it hearing from others who are going through similar things that really make a difference.
I find this to be true about having a veteran spouse with ptsd. Seeing the posts here from other military spouses really gives context to day to day things with my spouse- things a therapist might not have thought of because it is not their experience.
I am new to the forum. I am a survivor of childhood abuse (verbal, emotional, sexual). I have disassociation issues, where I mentally check out when in a trigger comes up. My sense of self has been fractured; while I am nothing like United States of Tara, and no one would ever know if they met me I do have pieces that are like other personalities. It's all me, just divided and each piece has a function that helped me survive.
I do have flashbacks but they are always nightmares and not at a very frequent rate at the moment.
There is anxiety and of course some ptsd.
I am the spouse to a lovely veteran who also has some issues from childhood that seem to only have been compounded by deployments and military politics that really broke them down.
I am survivor and supporter!
This dynamic of individual needs does place a lot of strain on the relationship. Spouse is finally going to therapy so I am hoping that will ease some of the tension. I have been with my current therapist 3 years but have been in therapy for 6+ total.
I really like this site because while my therapist can give me great tools and advice sometimes it hearing from others who are going through similar things that really make a difference.
I find this to be true about having a veteran spouse with ptsd. Seeing the posts here from other military spouses really gives context to day to day things with my spouse- things a therapist might not have thought of because it is not their experience.
