fl14

Your situation (the timing and recency and suddenness of it all) sound really similar to what I went through 2 months ago. I'll have...

@fl14, glad to hear she's reached back out and is willing to meet. Everyone is different but I would maybe, for your own mental health...

An update to the situation: I reached out two days ago, and she was surprisingly conversational. She mentioned she's moving away in July...

I'm a classic runner. The minute I feel threatened or uncomfortable or just not "right" I bail. And I didn't have any idea that was...

This might be helpful https://www.myptsd.com/threads/the-ptsd-cup-explanation.83659/ Personally I'd give it more time. How much time...

Thanks a lot for this. This all makes a lot of sense to me, especially the bit about how "good stressors" can cause someone who is...

weirdly enough, it was pretty much love at first sight with us both. I was rather shocked myself. Of course, when I wasn't looking for...

I think , sadly and sorry, that it's best to focus on you now and not text her. I get how hard it is to not be in contact. But, it's...

When things get cyclical it’s the proof that it isn’t set for change. As much as it’s possible to grow together even with someone with a...

I'm sorry you're going through this. Between my experience and the others here, this sounds like par for the course with severe trauma...

A week isn't really that long when you're trying to cope with a PTSD flare-up, because you have to take things slowly and be gentle with...

I tried to start dating again, four times (four different people), in the last five years but didn't realize my traumas were still...

in my own healing journey, it is somewhere between difficult and impossible to predict how long it will take me to work through a...

So like, she might be waiting on me to reach out? Idk...

She didn't re-iterate this. Actually I was the first one to ask for space before I texted the next day asking if we could talk again...

An update: I haven't reached out, nor has she. It has been 1 week since our last text (cue that barenaked ladies song... have to have a...