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I don’t think it’s going to be much of a curve. I have a meeting with my divorce attorney next week now.

How long do these triggers usually take to blow over? Right now it seems like two steps forward one step back

Got it, this is all so new to me. I knew she had ptsd in the past and now after 7 years it’s rearing it’s ugly head. I see the benefit in me continuing my individual therapy, and I’m being supportive every way I can so she can continue hers. I’m just wondering about her isolating now, it seems...

Right, so her survival brain takes charge and can’t see the big picture. Her thinking brain just shuts down and all she can perceive are threats. Which is why the marriage counselor was saying she’s portraying me as a monster. This makes so much sense now about what I’m going through. I just...

I want to say for the last 8 months she’s not been herself. And the tipping point was maybe 6 weeks ago when we had an argument. The marriage counselor incident put her over the top. She went from let’s work on our marriage to I’m never living with you to I need to see change to getting a...

You just exactly described what I’m going through! “Designated asshole”…. That’s what I feel like these days, lashing out for no apparent reason. We’d be having a normal conversation and she wouldn’t like my opinion and just lose her shit. One minute could be different from the next with her...

Thanks for that, I needed to see a statement like yours. It’s been such a roller coaster the last month my head is spinning.

Unpredictable is a great way to describe the last month! I will try to see it from her side, but I continued with the marriage therapist by myself for now. He made it clear to not bring up her ptsd unless she initiates that conversation.

I don’t see it as a betrayal, it was brought up in the appropriate setting next to a professional trained to deal with crisis. Her ptsd is obviously affecting our marriage so that’s why it was brought up.

The last week I’ve been giving her a lot of space. I’m making an effort to not talk relationship for a couple of weeks to do that. Just being supportive and helping out with the kids as much as I can. I have noticed a slight improvement in her demeanor and will keep on giving her space. I’m...

I’m pretty sure I triggered my wife’s ptsd a month ago. When we first starting getting serious 7 years ago she told me she suffered a trauma when she was a young adult and was diagnosed with ptsd. She said she was better but went to years of therapy. Fast forward to June of this year. We are...