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The following article reports on a couple of recent studies regarding the environment that a trauma survivor experiences after the trauma, and its effects on the development of ptsd...

Good additions! Thanks!

Geckowife, I am so sorry you are having these adverse reactions. Have you spoken with your therapist about what is going on with you? I am a supporter but I work with a hypnotherapist who has expertise in trauma and ptsd. I had an adverse reaction after one of our sessions and I felt like I...

Supporter here. I don't say that I understand what my sufferer is going through, because I can't. Perhaps the person speaking those words can help you, and perhaps they can't. Perhaps talking to them will help, and perhaps it won't. Perhaps you don't want help. Perhaps you don't want the help...

My bf and I had a conflict last week related to me talking to his mother, while I was trying to take care of his new dog. The details aren't important. However, he decided to give me a little quiz before I'm allowed to come see him again. It's funny, and it's incredibly offensive and insulting...

Supporter here, posting to report that my bf got a dog yesterday! His beloved mastiff died a few years ago and he grieved for a long time, but he's been talking about getting another dog this year. I tried to matchmake a bit (looking at dogs on craigslist) and he and I went to the Humane Society...

Thanks Bilby. He got back in touch a few days after I posted and I spent a couple of nights with him this weekend. He had a bad evening with the other woman he's recently started dating on Saturday, but we were together Friday and Sunday. There's something about sleeping next to someone, being...

Please get out. Friends, family, women's shelter. Gizmo and Loloma are exactly right. He is destroying you, but you are strong. You are. You can get away, you can put yourself together, you can raise your child to be a kind and loving person, and you can succeed. Take it one step at a time. And...

We all have bad days. Hang in there. You can make it till the 12th. You know how in twelve step programs, you're supposed to take life one day at a time? Sometimes you just take it one hour at a time. Or in ten minute increments.

We should all click on over to one of the other Supporter threads where there is a long list of studies that suggest that supporters of loved ones with PTSD often start to have similar symptoms. Like anger, and numbness. It's Supporter Dealing with PTSD Symptoms > Is Dealing with a Sufferer...

Sounds like that was a pretty bad day. I hope you have some stuff in your life that is de-stressing, because you are definitely carrying the world on your shoulders. I hope there is just an hour now and then that's just for you. There is a grain of truth there: if you don't take care of...

Things with my bf have been really good for the past few months. In fact, he moved several steps further along in trusting me and in affirming our relationship. He changed my name in his phone contacts to my actual name, where previously he would always give me some humorous tag. And this is...

Every sufferer is different. The lines are different from person to person and from day to day. Beyond taking care of yourself, you might try to have a conversation about what types of support work best for him. Pick a good moment to ask about it and keep the conversation brief and direct. Do...

I'm glad to see you're doing this research, chris th. It is a neglected area. And qualitative methodology, especially long interviews as you will be doing, can be very useful for discovering themes and issues in an under-researched area. (I did long interviews for my master's thesis and although...

Hi KatJ, welcome. Congratulations for making some changes in your life and moving in a positive direction.

Welcome, Reject. I hope you find lots of useful information here. I know I did.

Hi Wife, I'd suggest starting with reading around on the forum. You can learn a lot about ptsd, what it looks like, what it feels like for sufferers, and both how supporters have been there and the frustrations we all have. It's important that your husband has been diagnosed and is getting help...

If you're not getting what you need, then think about whether you want to be with him. Do you NEED him to say those words? You say you can tell from his actions how he feels. Is that enough? I've been with my bf off and on for four years. I think he has said the word love maybe three or four...

As reported in the NY Times, some rape survivors with ptsd had positive effects from a treatment that included talk therapy and several sessions with MDMA. The same therapy team will be doing a study with a small group of combat veterans...

Wishing you continuing strength, SOL. A day at a time, or an hour at a time, or a minute at a time, whatever works best from moment to moment. I'm rooting for you. And I'm glad your friend is speaking with you again.

I have suffered from depression since my teen years and I find that St. John's Wort is helpful. I've been taking it for quite a few years now. I take one at lunch and one at dinner; my depression is linked to PMS so I take just one a day for the week or so after my period, then go back to two. I...

I have a therapist who uses hypnosis, and she's taught me to do self hypnosis. But I'm a supporter, not a sufferer. My therapist works with people who have experienced trauma, so she has helped me a lot in gaining insight into what is going on with my bf. When she works with survivors of trauma...

I know with my bf I can't tease him about himself. It's too subject to negative interpretation. It's not a joke to him.

A couple of interesting links that showed up in my Facebook stream today: A book of before-and-after photos of some Dutch Marines who served in Afghanistan. http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2012/10/17/claire_felicie_s_photographs_marines_faces_before_during_and_after_afghanistan.html A...

Thank you for your willingness to open up.