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Hi Maddie, welcome to the forum. Please know your not at all a mad person. In fact you are a very strong and compassionate person. You have done a lot of work on yourself, so don’t let anyone take that away from you. Is there anyway for you to move out and live on your own? You don’t deserve to...

I’m a wife of a firefighter. I’m sorry for his loss. I know it’s hard to know how to support them. One good thing, if their open they have support in the brotherhood of the department (for the most part) all you can do is be there when he needs you. Sometimes sitting in silence is supportive...

I agree with @ladee, well said.

Reiki can help with moving some energy that we hold from stress.

I think she’s apologizing for her behaviour. She knows your leaving because of it. I’m sure with you leaving she had to look at her own behaviours and probably didn’t like what she seen. Well I hope she didn’t like how she behaved. I’m sure she’s kicking herself because she lost a hard working...

I’m happy you had a good session and that you used your voice. :)

I feel like part of your recovery is finding your voice. My husband would say PTDS gave him his voice back. (anger gave him a voice) I never took his voice away. He chose to keep feelings inside. I was always very open on how I was feeling good or bad. When he was symptomatic and I tried to...

No, I don’t think it’s a cop out at all. Talking about it with his therapist is a good way of understanding what’s behind the anger. I put my son in therapy because his anxiety came out as anger. Now he’s learning how to work with his anxiety.

Hi welcome to the forum. I hope you decide to join the forum. There is a lot of info here and support. :)

The stuff at his flat, is it stuff you can just leave there and walk away. Because the truth is, if you don’t walk away he will keep treating you this way because you let him. If he really wants to be with you, he would do the work he needs to do to get you back. Like I said before, you walk...

I’m sorry your hurting. There’s a difference between needing space and going on dating sites and lying. Don’t let him make the decision to stay together or not. Move on, he’s disrespecting you in so many ways. You deserve better.

Thanks for the awesome post. :). I know from experience about keeping your guard up and your boundaries. As time moves forward the guard and safe walls can come down, but boundaries always stay. :)

It is very hard when people don’t understand PTSD. I have a friend who I feel, sees me as weak because I stayed with my suffer. She always feels I made excuses for him when he was symptomatic. At times I felt bad because I could sway in thinking the same as she. But when I sat and really thought...

Hi welcome to the forum. Can you take a health leave of absence short term? Maybe that would give you some time to get your symptoms under control.

You didn’t say who has PTSD, you or her?

I think you should talk it out with her. I agree with justmeher, go some place where there no distractions. I would start by saying ‘ I feel”. Example, I feel like, since I left my job last month things seem different between us. I know we haven’t talked about it, I just didn’t want you to...

There’s a saying, People are in your life for. A reason, season, or A life time.

@Justmehere well said :)

Hi, welcome to the forum, I hope very much to see you around :)

Hi, welcome to the forum :)

It’s time to start your life without him. From reading your thread it seems like you’ve had more bad times then good. You seem like a loving and caring person. Now is time to put that loving, caring energy into yourself. I know you love him, but love doesn’t conquer all . He can’t made you...

Can I ask if he had sleep issues as a child? I’m just wondering if is more then PTSD?

Do you have PTSD? The first step is realizing you have a problem. Yes get in and see someone ASAP. As hard as it is you need to talk to your wife. She could be a great support for you.

Everyone has a different reaction to EMDR. Have you talked to your therapist about how your feeling? Have you tried to ground yourself, sit in your happy place? Or has your therapists showed you how to tap it out?

I think talking to the father would only give him more abusive ammo. I think trying to get him in therapy would be the best place for your energy. Reminding him, that he has a family in the relationship with you. He can have the type of family he wants by the friends he surrounds himself with...