Recent content by Elric

Although, at first, I wanted to believe that my former girlfriend's behavior was all PTSD, I've now come to accept that she has several severe character flaws (and maybe also some undiagnosed disorders) which were all brought out by her recent PTSD episode. Another influence was the unresolved...

Well, I regret to report that on May 1st (a week ago), we officially broke up. The day before, I had rather impulsively sent her a Facebook message (which had sadly become our only *rare* means of communication), asking if she still wanted me in her life. My message was kind, but direct. I said...

I totally understand your decision, Nikki. I'm almost there myself. This month has destroyed me and I don't know how much more I can take. It has taken such a toll on my own mental and physical health.

I feel that I can relate to certain aspects of your post so much. I am (or was?) also in a fairly new long distance relationship with a woman suffering from rr-ptsd. Our relationship started in the beginning of February, although we had been occasionally corresponding long before that. She flew...

Well, I'm just noticing that she seems to still have a lively correspondence with her friends on Facebook and occasionally goes out and socializes with them. She *might* be isolating herself from other people, but I don't know if this is the case. I'm only basing this on what I've seen from...

Ashdawn, thank you so much for the reply. It gives me much to think about. Sadly, she is not seeking help. From what I understand, she attempted therapy a number of years ago, but they did this regression thing which only made it much worse. Also, she seems to be somewhat against the idea of...

My long distance girlfriend suffers from rr-ptsd. She began an episode almost four weeks ago and it is still going on. (It was the first episode that she had experienced while being in a relationship with me.) The first couple of days were okay, but the following four were awful. She went from...