I really appreciate your response. I’ve been away from my husband this weekend, visiting family, and taking the opportunity to do a lot of reflecting on our situation. What I’ve concluded is that I may be reacting To what I think are his intentions and taking his behavior way too personally, and...
My husband has combat PTSD and a TBI. He is rated 60% with the VA. We have been together for 4 years, married 2 months. In the beginning I worked so hard to not have any needs and work around his issues, but of course that couldn’t last. He lets me down constantly. Breaks promises. Can’t be...
I'm 32/F, my boyfriend is 38/M and a Marine Infantry vet with combat PTSD. He also has trauma issues from when he was a child, all physical and emotional abuse, no sexual that I'm aware of.
We've been together almost 2 years and it's been great to tolerable, never bad. The first time we fought...
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I have asked him, explaining that because the communication is so spotty (and sometimes poor even when he's not MIA, i.e. monosyllabic answers to my attempts at playful banter) I'm struggling to trust his intentions with our relationship. His response is usually to get...
Really? I've never had a boyfriend go NEARLY that long without talking, not in today's world of instant communication. Plus he vanishes right in the middle of conversations sometimes. So is it your opinion I should *not* take the conversational down time as a sign of waning interest?
Up to 24 hours. No more than that at the moment, but he has a history of isolating from his family so I wouldn't be surprised if eventually it increases as he gets more comfortable with me.
First, some backstory: my boyfriend of 4 months is a Marine veteran who was formally diagnosed with combat PTSD some years ago. He was in Iraq 1998-2003. When I met him he was inpatient at the VA (I originally thought it was just for the PTSD; turns out he was drying out from heroin as well). To...