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Its a city in England.

It looks like there has been a new terror attack. Manchester this time. At least 19 people die in explosion at Manchester Arena

My mom, my sister. But I know there are many more. Now distant friends who would wonder why I didn't speak up and question themselves for not noticing. And I'm not sure I could leave some poor medic with the job of cleaning up the mess. I know how much suck there is in that.

You aren't alone. It is difficult to talk about. I've been working my way up to it. I've seen suicide attacks in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka. I was so close to one that I could smell the fresh blood below the stink of the cordite. @eloc we must have been in Pakistan at the same time.

And how long is your list? Who is on it?

@chris1983 No one here can say whether your suspicions are founded. Only your GF knows for sure.

I can certainly understand how all of that would hurt. It seems difficult not to take it personally. Is she getting any help? Has she been diagnosed with PTSD?

Good luck :)

Its pretty common for PTSD sufferers to feel emotionally numb. It doesn't seem to matter much what the source of the original trauma was.

It was for me for a long time. In fact I did explode on several occasions. Welcome @Staying strong

I don't think I have any pet peeves left. Except possibly bullies. But that tends to be more of an all out hate.

Maybe it just means you are secretly Canadian ;)

I don't think any of us here can answer that question for you. What I can say is that you are no longer the person you used to be. In all likelihood you will never be that person again. That doesn't make you a failure. It just means you'll have to adapt and find new ways to move forward. I...

From wikipedia : Its a pretty natural tendency. Even more so when you are struggling to try and make sense of something like PTSD.

I've had my DNA done by Ancestry and another similar service. I read the terms of service for both and found nothing alarming in either. I imagine most people would be most concerned by the possibility that an employer or insurer could use DNA to discriminate based on a genetic tendency...

It is wise to limit your journaling. There is nothing wrong with going slow. Journaling can be productive but it is a stressor.

I don't understand how anyone could not do this. I'm a question everything kind of guy. It started long before the PTSD. I suspect it started when I was five or six. I discovered adults were lying to me. They said Santa Claus lived at the north pole. I knew the north pole was well above the...

I has a dog who became my inadvertent PTSD dog. She naturally did all the things trained PTSD dogs do. When she died I fell apart. I understand the sadness you feel. When you are ready please consider adopting an unwanted cat (or dog :)). It isn't a cure but it can ease the sting and remind you...

The way I see it you have a choice between telling the truth and not having her understand or avoiding telling the truth and not having her understand when you have symptoms. Either way the results seem the same. So it is up to you. Which is more important to you?

So if I hear you correctly your choices are; tell someone who has been kind and supportive the truth, that you are struggling, or say nothing and see how you hold up? What would be the worst outcome of each option?

I notice that nowhere in your post do you say you love your husband. You talk about making more money and feeling better about yourself. Could that be why he is losing hope?

Why do you need to stop screaming? Its a fairly normal and harmless response to terror/horror.

Don't mock the researchers. They might just choose to take up your water study rather than have to deal with surly PTSD folks.

I was going to say much the same as @Simply Simon but I guess we should be glad they are actually doing the studies. The results might seem obvious to anyone with PTSD but empirical evidence trumps anecdote.

I hear that. I'm struggling with the same. I don't have advice. I just keep hoping that if I keep fighting things will eventually get better.