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I'm sad to see this thread is cold. Hopefully someone will answer regardless. I'm in an increasingly positive relationship with a PTSD sufferer but it seems, the better things get, the more our sex life is fraught with anxiety (to perform well and not dissapoint, according to my sufferer). He...

Following up my very long post with a short one. I took a look at this site's co-dependency page. I don't think I am clinically co-dependent (if such a thing is possible) but I do think I am on the "co-dependent spectrum" (yes, I just made up that term). I moved myself there because of...

I have always thought of myself as "flexible" (open to redirecting my focus at any moment – generally very willing to reprioritize). At a certain age I realized that this was a strength not everyone had, and I started to move "flexibility" up my list of personality traits. I really...

BloomInWinter, you make me so grateful for having joined this forum. I think you are right-on (when it comes to me, at least). Thanks for putting it so eloquently.

I know this is an old thread but I thought I'd add the one tip I got from my boyfriend's therapist: bi-pedal movement. Yep, walking. It works to help get the two hemispheres of your brain working together again (just like EMDR does). My boyfriend had an episode last week. He has complex...

Thank you so much Eleanor for starting this thread. I am dating a complex ptsd sufferer, and have dated guys that I would classify as "troubled" in the past (although their "troubles" were more commonplace – general depression, mild social anxiety). I was looking for someone with no troubles –...