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Oh I totally get the heart versus the mind ! And I feel bad telling you this but my man showed up to my place tonight, picked me up and we spent a wonderful night together... he is opening up and sharing with me his story. All I can say is patience, love and and believing in what you have! But...

And that would be anguish!!! Sending you love! You deserve better than this!!! Thank you for sharing!

He texted tonight and said he’s working lots and he’s not with anyone else! I just responded with thank you and have a safe night!

It’s baffling how some days I can feel so strong and confident and yet other days so low and insecure... what I’m learning is that the hard days are the days when I take the focus off of me!

Yes I have put far too much focus on being supportive and understanding to my sufferer to the point that I’ve neglected myself! Wow! That’s way too much pressure for anyone let alone someone who has PTSD! Thanks for your words of wisdom!

I so appreciate your candour! I’m trying so hard to stay level headed! It’s hard to hear the advice come back cause I know you’re talking sense and I’m not thinking straight! It’s just been so up and down for me ... thank you for taking the time to respond! Honestly I really feel like I could...

Thank you for the support everyone! This is so truly hard to just let go but I’m taking it one hour at a time right now. I am so grateful for this forum!

So right before I decided to give my boyfriend space and to “let go” as he said he didn’t have it in him for a serious relationship and he needed to focus on healing... I wrote a final letter explaining to him that I respected his wishes and that I would focus on me, that I was educating myself...

As much as it hurts to be ignored by the one you love, I’ve come to see it as a gift in that I need to learn to take care of myself Without my relationship with my sufferer, I would’ve carried on through life tending to everyone else’s needs. This has been an awakening for me and Im grateful I...

I should also add that he said he can’t hide his illness anymore... I guess he was trying to not let me see his mental illness. Now I know and he has isolated. He erased all of his social media accounts I thought he had blocked me so one night I sent him our song and he responded that he hasn’t...

Hello everyone Yes I’m brand new but have been binge reading all of the threads for the past few weeks. Everyone’s posts have saved my life and I am very grateful! I’ll try to keep this as short as possible. I met my love 11 months ago. He is a paramedic who recently divorced after a...