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Relationship Blackouts? Would heavy drinking + PTSD cause my partner to blackout abuse?

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Help me understand - would heavy drinking + PTSD cause my partner to blackout during an episode in which he was physically violent towards me? He claims he has no recollection of the abuse. Zero. He did not in any way appear to be reliving or reenacting a memory. He was interacting with and raging at me. He claims that PTSD is to blame. I’m having a hard time believing him. FYI we are currently separated and there are legal protections in place for me and kids.
 
PTSD could make it worse, but look at it this way. He is the one who chooses to drink. Maybe it is PTSD + alcohol that causes these episodes, but so what? The key is that he is making this choice. Many of us abstain from drinking because it makes PTSD worse.
 
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