Another Newbie

[Miss Amber]

Hi everyone.

I am a 34 year old female who is in a relationship with a 40 year old Army veteran. He was a Combat Medic during the Gulf War (1990-1991) and has PTSD. We have been together for a little over a year now and I am still learning more about PTSD every day. But I am still having trouble understanding everything and I'm hoping that I can learn more becoming a part of this community.

I'm not sure what else to say to be honest, and I admit to being a little awkward in this Introduction post. But I figure this could help me as well as being more understanding in my relationship.

 

[cherryblossom]

Hi Miss Amber

Welcome to the forum
You are in the right place to learn lots about PTSD, and to be honest knowledge will be a massive benefit to you both. There is so much useful information here about PTSD, and a great bunch of people in the 'supporters' area who can offer you lots of sound advice. Perhaps you could even persuade your guy to take a look here, or perhaps the combat PTSD forum might suit him better. The link to that site is just below, at the end of my post.

All the best to you both
CB

 

[Miss Amber]

Hi CherryBlossom

Thanks for the direction on where I can get more information on this site. I am just beginning to explore and hopefully I can get some advice and/or feedback that will help not only me, but my boyfriend as well. He just began taking medications a few weeks ago (finally got his VA benefits as well as his C&P) so right now we're in the "waiting to see what happens" stage, which is stressful on us both. But honestly, I think it's more stressful on me in the way that I don't know how the medications are going to affect our relationship. Meaning, will it makes things better, or make things worse.

I am trying to stay strong every single day, but there are times I feel weak and helpless. The only thing I know to do is keep faith that things are going to be ok.

MissAmber

 

[Deaf Global Nomad]

Welcome Miss Amber,

This forum is definitely the place to go for info on PTSD. PTSD is definitely tough. One of the reasons is that it takes on so many different forms. Some people with extremely different types of trauma may have similar effects on their lives and others who experienced very similar traumas may have completely different symptoms. Good luck taking in all of this information!

 

[Srain]

Welcome Miss Amber :)

The Support area is very supportive, lots of great people in there, I hope you are able to find what you are looking for. Carers have to be able to take care of themselves as well so finding others that can relate to their situation is a great start.

Take care,
Rain

 

[Froggie]

Welcome to the forum Miss Amber, as CherryBlossom mentionned, there is a great section for supporters and many will be able to relate to what you are living. There is also a special section for vets, who knows, maybe this might interest you Bfriend. The important thing is don't stay alone with this, take care of yourself as you are a very important person and vent out.

 

[Ron]

Hi Amber, I hope you find what you're looking for here. I think the "million dollar question" that you want answered is "is he like this because he has PTSD? or is he like this because he's not the person I thought he was?
Be very honest with yourself and remember to listen more to your head than your heart.
Good luck !
Sincerely, Ron..