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I hear you- havent seen Winter for a week and a half now. I dont think there is a way to make it easier. I miss him alot. He had a terrible week. He is single dad and his daughter had to stay at her grandparents because he had a dissociative episode at her school last monday. They are doing all...

Good intimate real sex requires trust. People with PTSD have a lot of trouble with trust. They have usually had their trust violated, or had overwhelming experieces that made them question the decency of human nature in general. For males the experience of being afraid and vulnerable from the...

I think the problem is that stay at home moms are isolated, and due to all the work of raising a baby/babies, there's not much time for friends or adult interaction. Im a supporter (no PTSD) and I was mind numbingly miserable and isolated. Face it, most people don't really want to hang out with...

Just to update- offered to help. In some specific ways, like discussing with social services the option of me taking his daughter back and forth to school for him (and anywhere else she needs to go in thecar) an received a one line answer " Let me think about things." Im his only friend, he...

Minty, you could try drawing or doing something with your hands- like a little puzzle keychain, or holding and shaping a peice of clay or silly putty. Doing something physical should help. I realize at school your options are limited but doodling isnt too hard to get away with :-)

Not only was he not taken to the hospital, he drove himself to the dr yesterday. But they were pretty proactive about taking his daughter away from him, but when it came to taking care of him I didn't see the same concern. He shouldnt be driving until he gets those tests. God forbid he does that...

I asked him how he was doing because he hadnt been texting me much for the past 2 days and I got this message: "Yesterday I went to Elie's school and had a sort of stroke/seizure thing happening. My limbs were all very heavy. I was slurring my speech. My memory was in and out. They actually...

Yup. I have one of those new relationships with a sufferer. Its been a process of learning to expect less. Have more of a friendship and less of well, the other thing. (Why he has to look like Matt Damon and kiss like an incubus is a freaking mystery to me :shifty:) I know hes not relationship...

NovemberStar- I'm curious, and maybe you have already asked yourself this- What do you need to feel safe?

As you probably know theres a lot of times when death by medication doesn't go the way people plan. It becomes a long drawn out painful horror. I had a friend who took a heroin overdose, threw up, aspirated it into his lungs, got pneumonia, became septic, had 2 strokes and took a month and a...

(Supporter) My best friend told me I always want to rescue people. Im even a volunteer EMT lol. Guess I have no idea where that came from. Maybe its the flip side of the PTSD rescue fantasy. I grew up in a very cold and emotionally distant house. Like the one I live in now. Sucks how similar it...

. Day 3 - List 3 things you like about yourself Why did that question have to come up today. I am in such a bad mood I totally do not give a shit about myself at all right now. 2 years ago, Before my dad died, when their was someone around who loved me, who used to like to eat my food. I...

Day 2 - What have you done to help yourself with your addiction/disorder? Right now I'm trying to get out of the situation that caused the desire to numb myself. Im lucky, I dont drive impaired and nothing terrible has happened to me because of these things. I am also trying to recognize when I...

Dmerish- I think you might misunderstand what the intent was there, it was to say NOT before Halloween/Thanksgiving not to say "you have to do this on this date." ICK! Both of us came up with this together to take the pressure OFF. To concentrate on other things rather then the physical. Develop...

For now we have an agreement that we wont even attempt this or sex until after Halloween. I think it's likely the sex will come before the sleepover. He was physically attacked in his sleep. I think I might initiate putting the sleepover off til thanksgiving because we can do it at my house then...

Winter has this thing called dissociative amnesia, where when he gets really stressed out, he remembers nothing of what happens. The first time I was at his house late, we fooled around and he basically told me I had to leave right after this all happened. What a mind f#%k! Lol. It wasn't til...

I have a question for you. Is he remembering what he said? Winter has this thing called dissociative amnesia, where when he gets really stressed out, he remembers nothing of what happens. The first time I was at his house late, we fooled around and he basically told me I had to leave right after...

It did. I'll try- Day 1- Write a letter to your addiction (‘drug of choice’) or your disorder For me its a tough choice between the ADHD and the drugs, but the drugs are new territory that needs to be explored. Dear All the Drugs I am Cross Addicted to, You are a bunch of subtle ba@#%rds...

Solara, for some reason you misinterpreted what she said. You have a tendency to be harsh to supporters, that you might need to consider working on. She stated from the beginning of the thread she was NOT intending to tell the sister about the PTSD. Was your comment supportive? No. Not based on...

Racial, Yes I have. He said he hasnt had any friends in 2 years because he is to hard to be friends with. I told him I'll leave him alone when he wants, but unless he is abusive he has my unconditional friendship. Now that he sees I can walk the walk and demonstrate consistency he is making a...

Alot seems to be said around here about not giving your sufferer a free pass to abuse you. Winter and I dont have that problem, because he isolates rather then becoming angry. You do. I think combat PTSD might be a whole different thing. This guy was allowed to kill people. He was put in harms...

I leave my sufferers house any time he asks just because its his space and he's an abuse victim. I tell him that he needs to be treated with respect, and he should have boundaries, and I support his boundaries. We dont yell at each other, though. Sometime he just gets triggered and then he needs...

That sounds pretty scary. It makes your house feel unsafe. He needs to agree to leave immediately whenever you ask him to.

I am so there for this guy all the time, and he is not always able to do the same for me. There are a lot of reasons for that, and many of them are valid. It still gets a little lonely feeling at times, though. I guess I just want to ask other supporters, how are your sufferers there for you...

Yeah, I take adderall for adhd and that, or anyother stimulant med would be bad foryou to be on right now....