Recent content by Earthmoonstars

@Sighs @Purplemunchkin Thanks so much for your helpful replies. I think I might need to print out your guidelines and put them in my wallet. :) I'm in it for the long haul ( however long that may be). Honestly, things this week are 180-degrees better than last week, I just need some time...

I did read the stress cup explanation and it was very helpful and really explained what essentially was a 'perfect storm' of stress for my boyfriend. So, basically, here's what's been going on with my honey: 1) His co-hort on his project at work is a hypochondriac that can't seem to make it...

Thanks! It's nice to have somewhere to vent because my friends don't understand. I've been reading posts on here since yesterday and am learning a lot about PTSD.

We had sort of moved past the rant about people profiting from war and I said something about I was just a kid when Vietnam was going on and after Vietnam we went to a long time before there was another war and then the Gulf war happened... And then the shit hit the fan! I mean, we've had to...

Hello! I'm a 51 year old dating a 56 year old man who is a retired Army combat vet. He has been diagnosed with PTSD by the VA and I've witnessed his reaction to fireworks and know that he has nightmares occasionally where he's back in Afghanistan. Anyway, I posted a long, rambling post about...

Sorry, this is gonna be long! I've been dating a retired Army combat veteran for 7 months and things were going great until Monday night. First, a little back-story: We work together and we were both single and I texted him one Friday night (as a friend, or so I thought) and he asked if I...