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I have an (online-only) friend that Sufferer/Survivor of childhood sexual abuse. I have known them for 13yrs.. They contacted me yesterday. After not talking to me for two years. The showed me several pictures they took of themselves(I hate the term 'selfies'). My emotional reaction to the...

A friend of mine that recently finally spoke up about being sexually abused by her uncle. Was suddenly told to have a goal of, no more than four 'PTSD outbreaks' a week. I was disgusted when I heard that a local mental health hospital had dropped that on her. I am not trying to 'take over'...

Just like I thought would happen. It happened again. My online friend contacted me on Yahoo Messenger. But when I told her I might be getting married, she immediately got quiet, and hasn't said anything since.

I may have already asked in my 'Push/Pull' thread. Is isolation basically part of when the sufferer pushes people away, or can the two be separate?

I have a weird question, that may seem vague. When someone with PTSD says that, even though you have known them ten years. Would you believe that is a legitimate response, or a defensive response to something you said to them?

How does anyone else handle the push/pull of the PTSD sufferer, along with their isolation?

I am looking for a support group for friends n' family of people with PTSD.

When they say "I don't care", after you say you do care. How do you respond? I am asking this question, because I was curious how others reacted to the PTSD-Sufferer saying this.

I am having trouble with this mentally. Because I have been turning it over in my head. If someone with PTSD has a fear abandonment. How can they fear abandonment, if they don't communicate?

She has always been critical of me to a certain extent. When I had re-installed Yahoo Messenger on my computer, in April of 2012, after keeping it off my computer for nine months, she 'raised the roof', wondering where I had been for so long. I have often wondered, if her criticism is her way...