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I lover that quote too! And it is so true! If only I could take my own advice when I needed it! Hahah! You are not alone hun, wishing you both a fantastic day x

Oh honey we all have insecurities believe me! My partners illness magnified mine so I went for counselling independently and it helped loads. But worry is like a rocking horse.... a lot of effort to go nowhere. I am sure you are beautiful to him but to be honest, I know its cliché.. but beauty...

Forgot to say.... Research... research PPTSD so you know what you are dealing with.....what they are dealing with. Knowledge is power. It makes the uncertainly of your situation easier to deal with when you can clearly see written down symptoms that you will recognise in your man. My...

Hi Glara, I regularly visit this forum to look and reassure myself that I am not alone in struggling through a relationship with a PTSD partner. It makes me feel better that although everyone is different in their make up, PTSD relationships all have similar traits. It gives me strength to read...

Yes it had been tough im afraid, but I think it may have been more to do with my attitude. I was un willing to let him just walk away. I knew how he felt about me and our relationship, I am the only person he has told about his illness in the last 6 years and I wasn't prepared for him to turn...

@jon-carer85 I too have been going through the same situation since February. Long story short, met a guy, fell in love, it too he a while to commit and would often pull away from the relationship. He didn't tell me about his PTSD (also bipolar 2) until a few weeks after we moved in together...

In exactly the same situation, partner shut down and isolated 3 months ago, I am the only person he has talked to about his PTSD and Bi polar in 6 years. For he first few weeks we had no contact at all. He was telling his friends that he is fine when I knew that he wasn't as I had seen this...

You're not awful, you are just putting yourself first and there is nothing wrong with that and I think it is a very brave thing that you have done xx

Posting today as im in need of some strength....Feeling very down, anxious and emotional today. My partner and I went to the cinema on Saturday night and for something to eat, we had a good time and he stayed over at the house and I saw him for a coffee yesterday. Im feeling pretty anxious...

I wish you all the luck in the world! I have everything crossed. I know what you mean, it takes losing something to realise its true value. I miss my partner so much and wish everything was back to normal with him being here in the home we created but I know that can't happen yet, it had to be...

Totally understand why you are so happy with that. Small things to other people in (for want of a better word) normal relationship mean so much to me. My PTSD bi polar boyfriend left 3 months ago, after what seemed to me to be a silly row but it obviously tipped him over the edge. He didn't not...

It has really helped me to realise that non of this is my fault. I have also realised that I was co dependant in the sense that I tried to control his illness. I became super vigilant to his symptoms wondering if every action was a result of the PTSD and bi polar. I couldn't control it and all...

When I first met my partner he was exactly the same. We would have amazing weekends together then I'd get a text on the Monday saying that he couldn't do it, couldn't cope when feeling and emotions got involved. Then he'd get in touch a few days or a week later and it would start all over again...

Same situation, partner left our home and isolated nearly 3 months ago, no contact for the first two weeks, minimal contact after that but we slowly stared spending time together a couple of hours one week, a night out the next and then last weekend we went away for 2 nights and next weekend we...

No, he was having treatment up until October last year but when he left the navy it stopped and he didn't continue. I did arrange for him to have a veterans out reach appointment but both him and the therapist agreed that he was managing his illness well. He has agreed to attend couples...

@LostOne83 gosh your story is so similar to mine. My partner left our home nearly 3 months ago, we still spend time together and it is exactly the same as it was before, like nothing has happened which is very confusing for me. Like you if I try and talk to him he just stares ahead blankly and...

@InNeedOfGuidance, I just wondered how things are progressing with you?

My partner is definitely down since the counselling. He has been extremely distant and non responsive since, cancelled our plans at the weekend, then text to say he couldn't just be friends with me and we shouldn't see each other again. Then text this the next morning about the wedding we are...

Living someone with bipolar - by Julie fast and john Preston. It's available to download from iTunes. Really helped me. Also as a supporter he may benefit from reading the new co-dependancy by melody Beattie as this will help him separate himself from your PTSD and maintain his mental health x

When you say it's finally starting to sink in how to deal with it.... How do you deal with it?

Thank you for your reply. I'm doing OK I think. I'm having counselling for myself which has helped. I miss him and I love him and it hurts that we can spend time together as if nothing has happened then for him to go.

So My partner has PTSD and bipolar 2, he left two months ago went Into isolation. We went to a veterans out reach appointment on Tuesday and he seems to be on a level now and coping with things better. This co insides with him seeing me more. We spend a day together every week doing...

Morning. Well all in all I would say that you had a great first meet. Well done. It seems to me that your ex girlfriend is seeking help and being honest with you that she needs to address her own issues before she can fully commit to a relationship with someone. That she needs to understand and...

I think you should ask him. I think you may be surprised as his answer. and as you have been the driving force in the whole of your relationship this would signal to me that he would never invite you to visit or ask if he could visit you not because he doesn't want to but because this is the...

We went to the veterans out reach appointment today and he does now seem to be managing his illnesses better and they have levelled out. This coinsides with him spending more time with me.