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Thanks for your detailed explanation, what do you mean protect the other person from the effects of PTSD? My partner complex PTSD resurfaced after many years of normal life, after the perpetrator kept emotionally black mailing him. So after I came back from a trip he started yelling me I hate...

Thanks Frieda, Your comments are extremely helpful, sometimes i feel like I am making up stuff in my mind, its it's good to have at least some validation. .. I wish that he will decide to get help, but in his family they are so used to the abuse and strange behavior... he grew up in an...

my partner is a different person with me inside the house and outside he switch on a dime, he used to do that when his abusive parents were around expecially his brother, he couldn't talk when his brother was around. now he cut ties with his parents and brother and he does the same in my...

I completely agree with you. My partner of 20 years starting having experiencing bad symptoms of cptsd and depression, and he asked me not in a nice way...and I am thinking that's b.......t, this is my home to , if he is the one with the problem he should leave

could you describe the dissociation ? i think my husband is suffering dissociation at the moment. Thanks

Your wife has serious CPTSD issues, see a counselor as soon as possible. If she is on drugs you should get your daughters back from her. Unfortunately, the things she is saing to you are completely irrational. Nobody is perfect, and you may have made some mistakes but she could have discussed...

Sorry, I wasn't clear.. I didn't record therapy sessions, I just reported to my therapists what he was telling me.. and they told me that he didn't seem to make much sense that he was projecting and right now was better to give him space.. and not escalate things. Initially,he was trying to pick...

the national domestic abuse help-line told to record the 'dialogs', just in case. at the beginning I was completely naïve, did know what to do. I would like to repair this relationship, but I don't know how...he is blaming me for things I haven't done and telling I like his parents and it is too...

You are right I am not sure 100% of his mental state.. Initially, I just taught that all the sudden he was being a jerk addicted to video games, I also blamed myself for leaving him alone for 2 weeks, I thought he liked some younger woman and was trying to manipulate me into leaving the house...

We are not married, but we have been living together for 20 years and I helped with the monthly payments of the previous house (I trusted him) so when we decided to buy another house 3-4 years ago... it was his idea to put both names in the house. I helped as much as I could also with the...

Did your partner eventually realized that she "was her mother" ?? When he asked me to get the f******* of the house I didn't move out, I was too much in shock and didn't seem fair to me. Also, he always had abandonment issue, and so didn't understand what was happening. I don't know if it was...

Thanks for your reply it very helpful! Yes he was raised in the western world, and he always promised that didn't want to become like his father, but the way he was verbally attacking me and trying to get back at me was very similar to what his father still does to his wife. My partner was...

i think that therapy can help. But something that could keep you strong are your children, you heve to be strong for them. your fiance his never going to get better. My ex partner is a victim of child abuse, his mother was also trauma bonded and never left him. Now all her grown up kids are...

My partner of 20 years suffered child physical and emotional abuse, when we met he was in therapy for depression and was feeling better and told me that I was the best think that could happen to him. He was always nice and helpful ,but got tense sometimes expecially around his family, but I...

I am sorry about everything that you had to suffer during your childhood.Don't give up try to get the best treatment that you can get. Your psychiatrist was really good!!

i have been reading this book "body keeps the score " by bessel van der kolk. I don't know if know about it, but it is a very good book with a lot of information. Practicing yoga and meditation seem to help. Medications and CBT seems to be not as effective. At least you know what you are...