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Thank you very much bitterfight. I will back away and just let her know that I'm here for her. I will continue to learn all I can about PTSD. So that if she calls I will be able to be better with her. If she doesn't call I will still have learned a lot.

She told me that she wants me to stay in touch but when she feels pressured it brings up times in her past when someone wouldn't take no for an answer. I don't want my lack of undrstanding of PTSD to be the thing that drives us apart.

I'm just afraid I may be to late. We're seperated right now and I am having a hard time with the split. Especially since I feel it was my fault. While being seperate how do I walk that line between being there enough to show that I care and being there too much and making her feel pressured? I...

Thank you all for your advice. When I said I may have made things worse that was an understatement I'm starting to see that I was entirely wrong in the way I acted towards her a lot of times. I took her actions to be a personal rejection and being hurt I would say things that hurt her. I also at...

sorry i hit the wrong button and posted a partial. That way of thinking just made her feel pressured causing her to pull away even more. I should have been talking to someone for a long time about these things.It took her leaving for me to realize what a serious issue PTSD is. Our first few...

Thank you for your advice. When I say that I reacted wrong I mean that I would feel rejected when she would pull away.Alot of times it would cause a fight. My way of thinking was "an abuser touched your neck, I'm not him. You're safe with me so why can't I touch your neck?" I see now...

My girlfriend of 8 years has just left me because I don't know how to deal with her P.T.S.D. I really thought she could get help and the problems would go away. I see how wrong I was. She says she still loves me and will come back if I can learn to be more sensitive to her issues. I really want...