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I simply want to congratulate you, shester, because accepting and recognizing you need help is a huge leap in the healing process! Welcome to the forum.

Sounds like an addiction to me. One for which he needs help, but one for which he will not get help unless he recognizes it as a problem. Stick to your boundaries.

Dear lovelylullaby, It really sounds like you have had some significant traumas that would best be worked through with the help of a qualified therapist. Until you work through them, your mind is going to continue to force these issues to the surface, making you feel as if you are a drama...

You ARE right now, trapped in a PTSD-based life. You ARE walking around as a PTSD sufferer. Therapy is what will help you break some of the PTSD chains. But nothing will help until you admit you need the help. And that is a very difficult step.

I struggle with this, as well, Thinkingman. I am struggling with it tonight. 12 weeks of therapy isn't a whole lot, in my opinion. Especially considering how much trauma it sounds as though you have been through. I know it is hard work. I know it hurts, but I think it is worth it to keep on...

Thank you, Anthony.

I am sorry you are having so much pain, Thinkingman. I'm glad you seeking help here on the forum. Are you taking any other steps toward healing? I have found therapy to be very, very helpful and some medications as well.

Editor-I didn't realize I failed to properly quote the above "Do you want to be...." Would you be able to fix that for me?

You are NOT responsible if he rapes and kills someone. He is. Do I hope you get justice? You bet. But you do not have to carry his sins.

I am afraid. I feel like nobody gives a damn.

I would also like to add that you child is fortunate to be going through this with someone who understands the pain and how very important it is to get him/her the professional help they need.

My child was diagnosed this week with a social anxiety disorder. From the day my child was born, he was such a gentle, kind obedient little person. We have never beaten him. I can count on one hand the number of times he was disciplined with a time out, or more likely with a gentle word. We...

I think both Zimmerman and the Martin boy were racist (per the use of the words "cracker" and "ni....") hotheads. Both lacked sense in the need to confront each other, rather than allow law enforcement to do its job. I believe Zimmerman is more at fault because of his age and lack of...

I am pretty sure there is not a statute of limitations here...at least not as short as a year. But anyway, you have to do only as much as you feel compelled to do. And therapy is a GREAT start!!!!! I can't wait to read your posts in another year. I think you will be surprised how much better...

Your past sounds a lot like my own (the abuse). I forged my physical to get into college. Therapy helped a lot. A LOT! A LOT! Thanks to a gifted therapist and a whole lot of work, I have a great relationship with my beautiful kids. Push past your fear, so you can have a life with yours...

That letter sounds like something my mother would write!

rockypine said it so well. Just because you are wounded emotionally does not mean you are a good man. Get counseling. It helps A LOT.

I think it is understandable that you want to know what happened to you. It is only natural. I am relieved that you are getting far away and cutting all ties. I hope and pray you get counseling, because I think it is a huge step in recovery. Most importantly YOU DID NOTHING WRONG...

Mice and rats, but NOT hamsters! I am afraid of being publicly humiliated. I am afraid of abuse. I am afraid my husband will get more ill than he already is (This sentence does not seem grammatically correct, but I cannot figure out how to write it differently).

Have you had any therapy? This help a lot for me, as did mild anti-anxiety meds.

I respectfully disagree with some of the things others have written. My husband takes ssri's for migraines, not depression. On several different ssri s (Paxil, effexor, too many others to name) when he got on a high dose he complained of feeling emotionally numb. The numbness, in his case...

I am a sufferer, on a low dose of efexor. I have not had the experience you describe, but I have watched my spouse on an overdose of Paxil. In his case, he went out and bought things. Large things. Like vehicles. And, yes, he described feeling nothing. If you are going to stick with him...

I would be encouraged by the fact that he admitted his ptsd.

I take xanax before my appointments.

Curious about the age of your son, Raj. Does he have ptsd? Is your wife his mother? I suspect he won't go to therapy, and if that is the case, you and your wife should go to learn how best to help him...and yourselves.