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I have a friend with combat PTSD and he sometimes seems to need major space from me. Recent example: I encountered him randomly in the woods hiking, and I know he saw me but went way out of his way to steer clear of me and waited until I was in my car and driving away before he went to his...

My friend with PTSD has high expectations of others, including me. It seems to cause most of the problems in our friendship—I don’t live up to one of his expectations and he gets irritated. He ‘tests’ me at times apparently. A while ago, he told me he ‘tested’ me when he stopped communicating...

Just wondering about this: if you’re physically feeling unwell (cold or other illness) do you find you are more symptomatic or have more trouble coping? I would think maybe, but don’t want to presume, I’m still learning. Been giving a friend extra space right now; sort of seems like he needs...

From what I understand, impulsive behavior and impulse control can be an issue with PTSD. Interrupting is considered to be a bit of an impulse control issue, and I've read it can be related to anxiety. I have a friend with PTSD who will very frequently, interrupt me, right in the middle of a...

I'm aware this phenomenon is common, and I've seen a few posts from newbie supporters about this recently, so I'm pretty sure I won't be the only one who would like to better understand. I imagine it can vary from person to person, but any of your insight would be appreciated. I've recently...

My friend has PTSD. We text and email back and forth, but he has backed off a lot in recent months. I'm not sure if something is up in his life (he is very private and will not talk about anything so I don't even ask). I suspect there is. He struggles with stress and there has been a lot of it...

I have a friend with probable combat PTSD and I've noticed that if I text him/email him about something that has gone wrong in my life he doesn't acknowledge it, may get a bit perturbed by it and rarely says anything like 'I'm sorry that happened to you.' For example year I got injured and...

I have a male friend who has military history and I've spoken with a counsellor friend who works with the military and many things point to him possibly having undiagnosed PTSD. We've been friends for about a year and he's been hot and cold over that time period--sometimes I think we're...