Recent content by Itsatay

Aww. I hate that you've got so much on your plate, Frieda. You've been a major help by putting your thoughts here on these forums. Sending you good vibes, for what it's worth. It's definitely less personal then to know that this isn't totally out of the ordinary, but man. Ghosting is really...

Oh for sure - I've been used to his isolating for years, it is what it is and doesn't particularly concern me any more. I know I'll always need backup plans if we're meeting up in case he can't make it. It's not the isolating itself that's got me confused, it's that he doesn't seem to have...

I've read in this thread about how supporters can cease to exist when a sufferer is really symptomatic - is it possible that other parts of your lives can sort of disappear too? I had a confusing conversation with a friend and I was hoping to get some insight from the folks here. I'm really not...

Trying to figure this out as well - friend of mine shut down on me about 6 weeks ago. He's apparently still talking to other mutual friends and is planning to meet up with them for a convention in a few weeks so I'm not taking this as a general isolation period, it seems to be specific to me...

Thank you guys so much for your replies - I've had several "aha" moments reading through this. Ooooh, this explains so very much. It's easy to think it's a good thing to be able to open up about the difficult things in his past he's brought up. I can see how that's not necessarily the case...

Thank you both for your perspective and your kind words. @Junebug I can't imagine how difficult it must be to feel this way. To us non-sufferers, we think about the more visible things like panic attacks and hypervigilance that we hear about in regards to PTSD, and while we can't understand what...

Hey guys. Just need to get some stuff off my chest. I've lurked here for a while and this forum has been wonderful in helping me not screw up my friendship with a retired combat vet, so I hope it's OK. He'd brought up years ago that if he gets too close to people, he cuts ties. He's been...