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Oh I know it is not all about my sufferer. I think it is just all wearing on me. I have another close friend who is in major crisis. I have done all I can to alleviate the situation. Trying to be supportive but cannot do any more. And rather tired of hearing some of it although I would never say...

As if being ignored by the sufferer in my life who has ptsd isn't difficult enough, another person they are friends with who does not know they suffer from ptsd is telling me lots of crap about how obviously my sufferer does not care about me or want me in their life etc etc. Won't talk to you...

@aj1 At least it comforts me to know there are other fools.

@Britt.f7 Ditto at my house, except it is Buddy the tiny dog and BabyGirl the spoiled black cat. Everybody naps together.

I am so sorry for what you are going through. I truly understand what it is like to grieve for someone who isn't dead, they just aren't present with you. And you want them to be, want things to be different. As others have said, if your sufferer has any tells whatsoever that tell you he needs...

I apologize if this is inappropriate. I am a supporter. But at the beginning of 2013 I tried to get my sufferer to participate with me in making a gratitude jar. Basically every day you write down something you are thankful for and put it in the jar. Supposed to read the jars at the end of the...

Oh and most of Dr Who is available on Netflix.

I agree with the others, the fact that you doubt and question yourself pretty much rules you out as a narcissist. The narcissists in my life are incapable of even acknowledging that I have a point of view, let alone take it into consideration!

Hmmm, doesn't have to be combat ptsd to go through that. No one approves of my friendship with my sufferer. Even though she has never mistreated me in any way. They see the isolation and pushing away, how it hurts me, seem to perceive her as a user even though she never asks for or wants...

Awww, you brought tears to my eyes. Thank you.

Ill, I do not think my friendship with my sufferer was toxic or abusive exactly, she's not malicious in any way. Very passive. I don't even think she is purposely passive-aggressive. Just complicated. She was my supervisor. She has another workplace friend who is very jealous of anyone else...

I swing between sadness and anger. She told me I would give up on her, everybody always does. Of course they do when she always bails first. I am a trigger for her but I am willing to learn the changes I need to make to stop. (I am a big trigger for her emotions. She lost her mother and I...

I know if you are a spouse or blood relative it is another story. But if you are a friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, coworker or whatever other relationship is possible..... do you ever just feel foolish when you keep trying not to give up on your sufferer? When someone isolates, pushes you away...

I have been reading about forgiveness. Without telling details of my sufferer's trauma, her grandfather wants her to forgive the perpetrator. Pray for your enemies and such. Which is grand for him, since it was his tragedy too. But my thought this morning isn't really about that so much as that...

Also, you might try The Sarah Jane Adventures. That is a spinoff of Dr Who oriented towards younger viewers but very entertaining for adults also. The main character was one of Dr Who's cohorts in the past and the cast of the show are teenagers. Also, Torchwood is another spinoff of Dr Who but...

Bilby, if she can't even handle lasting friendship, how on earth could it be a relationship? Wow, I can't imagine her being where I was expecting to get any of my physical/emotional/financial needs met. Not that she doesn't work hard, but she doesn't communicate well on a personal level. She...

You obviously care deeply for her, but putting your life on hold for this long, with absolutely no idea what is going on, is really not healthy for you. I wouldn't quite say I've put my life on hold! She may be like a little sister to me, but I am married with a job, etc. It is pretty much...

Thank you BlackbirdSinging. I'm not even sure if my texts are read or not. (I know she did read them, not sure if she still does though.) She just moved 1200 miles away. She would speak to me some the first weeks she was gone then just a weird statement about how her family understands and I...

Just my 2 cents, but my ptsd friend says that when she is sick the med she is on which I believe is for anxiety/depression does NOT work. Being feverish or sick greatly reduces the effectiveness. Just an observation, her ptsd symptoms flare when she is coming down with something. And when she is...

What if your sufferer doesn't actually ask you for space? Just cuts off abruptly? "My family understands me and you don't." How am I supposed to understand someone who won't discuss or explain? Question to sufferers? Do you sometimes go through long periods of isolation and read your...

My sufferer practices "selective isolation" as a frickin lifestyle. "I don't talk to him/her." That seems to be her catchphrase for whoever she is freezing out at the moment. (Sorry for the bitter tone, currently it is ME.) Sometimes it is her 20 yr old son, sometimes other immediate relatives...

My sufferer is in a period of extreme isolation, hasn't responded to any contact in over 5 months. Except to give my number to another family member, get them to text me a thank you for gifts I sent since she apparently can't. We have had vague talks about this. Evidently in previous times of...

Oh Holly B, I love you. I have been through that scenario multiple times with my friend with PTSD. Paranoid episodes about how I know things. The problem is that she has another friend (we are not friends) who encourages her in her fears. Which angers me because first, I am not a stalker. And...