Recent content by StFinley

My apologies to all of you who gave me advice for not returning to this. I promise you I read all of your replies and advice at the time and took it as best I could. It was just very hard for me to come back and look at it all written down in back and white and make conversation out of it. I...

This will be a ramble but please bear with me. Mods, if this is in the wrong forum please move it, I don’t know where to post it as I got my advice in here. You may remember I posted about my Marine Corps veteran and his PTSD, the way it affected him on Veterans Day weekend and some other...

Mean't to come back and say thank you to you all. He got through it relatively easily this time. I tried my best to keep him distracted and gave him the space he needed when he needed it. How are all of you and yours doing now?

He does have nightmares @Never_falter2 and he isn't on any medication at the moment except painkillers for his back, hips and knees. I have suggested it but it is affording medical care that is an issue right now as we are going through some changes and money is tight (something else which...

Thank you. We are doing normal things, we have been out together for a walk in the sunshine away from all the Memorial stuff. I'm watching him work in the yard now. At least for the moment he seems OK, but it's at night it gets him the most.

Thank you. Does it usually last the whole weekend with you and yours? I try and keep things as normal as possible, but there is that buzz in the air today. He knows I am here to talk about it, or not talk, whatever he needs.

Just that really. My Marine vet fiancee hates Memorial Day (and also Veterans Day) and is finding it really hard this weekend. I generally know how to support him through, but I guess I could use the support of other Forces partners who know what it's like to support their loved one through...