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Supporter here. I've been in a relationship now for five years with a wonderful man who suffers from CPTSD from childhood abuse and from his combat experiences. He is an active alcoholic and although he is aware of EMDR and the possibility of therapy, he's not in a place where he wants to take...

In the past few days, my bf said some things he's never, ever said before. I am really happy about this. Last Thursday, during an exchange that was pretty typical (he was teasing me about me being "evil," which to him is a joke), he used the word THERAPY. He was saying what he'd need to handle...

You know that saying, April is the cruelest month? Well, for my sufferer, it looks like the cruelest month is July. We had a couple of weeks of separation after his birthday in mid-June, in part because his behavior was over the line, and in part because I was feeling especially vulnerable and...

I wrote this extended metaphor the other day. I've had a tough couple of weeks, but I'm doing better now. Just wanted to share it with others who have been there. ***************************** You grew up in a difficult country. The valley was called Anger and the mountains were called Pain. I...

I am double posting -- I put this in Anxiety & Panic Attacks on the sufferer side of the forum, but us supporters need stress management tools, too. There is an application for Android and iPhones called iChill. It's in the Apple store and the Android market. My therapist pointed me to it. (It...

Hi folks, I just wanted to mention that there is an application for Android and iPhones called iChill. It's in the Apple store and the Android market. My therapist pointed me to it and I'm downloading it for my phone right now. (It was created by the Trauma Resource Institute.) There are...

It's been a while since I've been around. I suppose it's like that for everyone sometimes: you take a break, you come back and check in. I'm a pretty active volunteer and my boyfriend said something a while ago about how he expects me to start a nonprofit organization about PTSD someday...

So many of us supporters have a lot of anger about our situations, about the actions (or inaction) of the sufferers we care about, about other things in our lives that are not under our control. Especially if we're women, we are often socialized NOT to express our anger at all. And whether we're...

The following article reports on a couple of recent studies regarding the environment that a trauma survivor experiences after the trauma, and its effects on the development of ptsd...

My bf and I had a conflict last week related to me talking to his mother, while I was trying to take care of his new dog. The details aren't important. However, he decided to give me a little quiz before I'm allowed to come see him again. It's funny, and it's incredibly offensive and insulting...

Supporter here, posting to report that my bf got a dog yesterday! His beloved mastiff died a few years ago and he grieved for a long time, but he's been talking about getting another dog this year. I tried to matchmake a bit (looking at dogs on craigslist) and he and I went to the Humane Society...

Things with my bf have been really good for the past few months. In fact, he moved several steps further along in trusting me and in affirming our relationship. He changed my name in his phone contacts to my actual name, where previously he would always give me some humorous tag. And this is...

As reported in the NY Times, some rape survivors with ptsd had positive effects from a treatment that included talk therapy and several sessions with MDMA. The same therapy team will be doing a study with a small group of combat veterans...

A couple of interesting links that showed up in my Facebook stream today: A book of before-and-after photos of some Dutch Marines who served in Afghanistan. http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2012/10/17/claire_felicie_s_photographs_marines_faces_before_during_and_after_afghanistan.html A...

Supporter here. I have been curious lately about the path to healing. I presume that those who have suffered a trauma or multiple traumas spend some time just existing, just getting by from day to day. And then perhaps one day the last piece falls into place, or you hear or read one more time...

Just dropping in to report that (once again) I've called it quits with my bf. The problem that broke the camel's back was that he would often get triggered when he couldn't reach me, if I didn't answer the phone or respond quickly enough to a text, and he would react badly. And then he would...

Supporter here. My bf has complex ptsd from years of abuse in childhood, and from his combat experiences. I've only just started to learn about ptsd in the past six months. He's been living with it pretty much his whole life, but he's never looked into it from the outside, he just endures it...

I got a copy of the EMDR film, a documentary made by filmmaker Michael Burns (who went through EMDR before he made the movie). I actually paid for one copy, it was delayed, and when it arrived he'd sent me three copies. I've watched it several times. It's got terrific information, many...

Supporter here, my bf has nightmares and rarely has a good night's sleep. I have been reading around about nightmare therapies. One that came up in a thread in this folder is called Critical Incident Debriefing (where you essentially rewrite a recurring nightmare to have a better ending...

I was feeling pretty down this week. When I'm faced with a new situation, I like to learn everything I can about it. Although PTSD is not new in my life, I've just recently really opened my eyes to it and noticed behaviors in my sweetie that are definitely related. So I've been immersed in it...

My sweetie is an alcoholic and has been drinking as long as I've known him, three and a half years, and owns up to more than ten years of heavy drinking altogether. He's got a complex case, survived childhood physical and emotional abuse and then added another layer of combat trauma. He's...

Hi, I'm here because a man I love has ptsd. He was abused as a child, and then he joined the Marines at 18 and spent some time in combat. We don't live together as I also have a husband and son, but we spend a lot of time together. I do my best to be patient but sometimes it's hard. I'm here...