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I am just curious.... I am the wife of a PTSD Vet. Im looking for thoughts or reasons why it is hard for PTSD sufferers to feel or show emotions to their loved ones. I know my husband loves me. But he never shows affection anymore...at all. Is it meds? Is it part of the process? Do sufferers...

Thank you for the encouragement @joeylittle! I will talk to him about if he and his therapist mentioned uping the dosage more if he needs it. A lot of times he just glosses over what they talk about and gives me the very broad details. Sometimes it is hard to know what questions to ask him.

That's the best way to say it @Silent one! It does steal lives especially those who suffer from it! My middle son, who is just a clone of my husband inside and out, told me he wants to go in the Coast Guard when he is old enough. As I'm sure you understand I had some seriously mixed emotions...

I know I definitely need to go to counseling. I try and try to make being at home not stressful for him and I try to hide how I am feeling a lot because he doesn't like to talk about it but we have been married for 17 years. He can tell just as sure as the sky is blue. I am looking at some...

I am definitely going to try to get him to go to more therapy. While I am thankful for the VA and all their resources to him I don't feel like the therapist is helping a whole lot...I don't know mabe it takes awhile to get into. He is scared of what more meds will do to him. He is a cop so he...

He has had signs and symptoms for the past 20 years and was unofficially diagnosed that long ago by his Coast Guard doctor. He spent 6 years in the Coast Guard and was a rescue swimmer and worked drug interdiction on narcotic teams. Some pretty horrible stuff happened and his PTSD is a...

He has been in the state he is in for about 6 months. He is currently taking Welbutrin...I believe 300mg. We have talked several times and he just feels worse because he knows I am hurting but he cant help it or make himself care a lot. I would like for him to go to a therapist outside the VA...

HI, I am new to this site and not really sure what im doing yet in navigating it! My husband and I have been married for 17 years. A year ago he was officially diagnosed with PTSD by the VA. He is a completely different person from the man I married. We had a very loving, close, intimate...