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I don't think I have the right words, but I wanted to reach out and say I feel for you. I can understand your husband feeling betrayed but that is quite a long time to keep the anger going. I'm not trying to minimize that sexting with someone else in my opinion wasn't right, but that said you...

I've had PTSD for 10 years now, we did end up getting married and I have packed up and left several times. Usually I do this because I'm on sensory overload that I just have to get out and get a break. I find that when I speak to him he gets defensive and blames and then I'm like...I can't take...

I have ptsd. I push away. One of the things that makes me close up more is when my partner would pounce the minute he saw me pulling away. I would get commence like "where are you", "I've lost you", It would be so much for effective if my partner to be like "Hun, let me make you a tea", Or Hun...

I couldn't agree with you more.

You are correct on the impulsive comment, and yes he seemed to focus on his own needs. The situation with my sisters are complicated. You see I disconnected with my family years ago as there was a lot of fighting and drug use and I'm clean I have never taken drugs. Thank you for all your...

I just got too freaked out, too much was happening too fast. I accepted the proposal but I really wasn't ready. I am happy in my own place, the relationship was too new for me to get married, or even think of buying a house with someone. And we had been off and on so many times I didn't trust...

He had proposed to me 4 months into our relationship in Dec, the date was set for May 5th. She has long moved out and has none of her things. All that is left to do is sell the house. He wanted to put the house on the market so that we could have a home together. I have my own place, but he...

Opps I missed the part where you ask about my sisters. They died. The thing is there was a trauma with those exact two sisters, which may be why I've shut down. You see when I was about 6 I was in the basement and I was with those two sisters and my brother. My brother raped my sister. I...

Thing is I'm relieved, you see he proposed to me and I accepted, but when his mother didn't congratulate me on new years he gave me the silent treatment and was cold to me. I don't get it. I didn't do anything. Second he is still in the house he had with his ex wife (she still owns half). I've...

I would wake up at times not knowing where I was or who I was, but it fades and I snap out of it.

Two weeks ago my boyfriend and I broke up on family day which is a day that is a huge trigger for me. My boyfriend ended up taking a shift at work on the day we were suppose to go out and spend time together. As I mentioned it is a trigger day so didn't think he'd go to work. Any ways I went to...

There is something you said about returning to your child like state. If you have time could you elaborate, if you don't mind. I'm asking because I haven't read that yet and I also return to a child like state, not during conflict but at time. For example I was at a hardware store with my...

From what my therapist has told me, rough sex is sometime a way to cope. It is trauma re-enactment, where you try to get some control, by being in the position to say stop, and it stops.

I'm not sure what is out there in terms of memory support but I can relate and it is real. I know it is difficult for some people to believe we can lose our memory during a fight. Not only can I forget a fight, I can forget who I am. Sometimes I realize I have forgotten, other times I'm...

First I'm so sorry to hear what has happened. I believe you. I would strongly recommend that you look up a sexual assault crisis line. Although this forum is wonderful I think you really could benefit from a live voice, and those especially trained in this area. Get help for yourself first then...

Hi there I'm glad you asked that. I suppose I should have been clearer that I meant right after a break up. I may be upset and not speak initially (few days) but I do soften up pretty quick. I will reciprocate. I think there should be some caution in that you don't want to get caught up in a...

I was speaking to a co-worker who was telling me about on-line advice about going radio silent after a break up. There is x amount of time (30 days or longer) to not talk to a person. This is so counter productive with PTSD sufferers. First sufferers are experts at isolating and...

Absolutely Bang on. As a sufferer I couldn't believe how much insight you have. We so much want stability, trust, and that part "How can I help", as someone who never had a parent who "helped", that statement by someone would mean the world - but....the person has to mean it. Thank you so much...

First congratulations for having the strength and vulnerability to open up. I know it can be crushing when you open up to people and they just shrug it off. At some level I would tell them in order to feel some sense of validation, and when the seemed apathetic to it, in a sense I felt abused...

Supporters are my heroes. When I first joined I just focused on the posts by suffers, but I really got the most insight by reading the experiences of supporters. Supporters go through so much pain for something that happened in the sufferers past. They are picking up the tab. I am more...

https://www.myptsd.com/threads/girlfriend-loves-me-but-says-cant-be-with-me.83068/ Hello, I can only speak about my own situation but I am a person that has called off or sabotaged my relationships. I think in a huge part because I try so hard to be "normal" or not have PTSD that it becomes...

I wish I could have someone be unconditionally supportive. My last relationship failed partly because I felt so stressed out from my partner pressuring me to fix, cure or be "normal" from my PTSD. He was an kicked the habit of drugs and alcohol many years ago, which has helped him to...