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Relationship Bye bye my love i will always love ...no wait and worried about you....

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Marije

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Hi,
I need to write this off...Although i had write before a thread about the situation.. it's just... I still can't believe it. I want to be honest in what I feel. Its kinda long storry and my English is not that good ;)


PTSD
My husband ( soon to be ex..) is in the military for 13 years. Has PTSD for many years( Sexual abuse when he was a child, lost his buddy in Afghanistan, had a reall aggressive ex girlfriend) From 2010-2015/2016 he had years of agorafobie, tense, depression, debt, drug use ect.

We
Untill we met in the begin of 2016, From there it went fast, he told me on his first date of his PTSD, and about his trauma's .
We went married in nov 2016 ( we are 31 so things go a bit faster;).
Life was good! trips , funn things, talking , loving relationship.

What happend
After a small fight in september( our first fight and of course over nothing,) he left the house...
2 months of total silence and he did not came home..... no text no call, not only to me but also his parents/old collegues from his previouce base. When I had to go to hospital... no sound...
he lived 7 days a week at the army base. The few text he sent before he said he was not feeling well and everything was not good. He left me for 2 months in totall disbelief.

Now/The talk
And now here I am november 2017 ....... Just have been told by my husband this week that he want to divorce. He dont love me, don't see a future with me.....WTF just happend ????!..

Thats one part of the things he told me, on the next moment in that same conversation he says he want to stay in contact with me, I am the only one who knows him, and he can be himself when he is with me( he always talked about his ptsd/trauma cried ect when I was with him).....he dont want me out of his life....if we are ment to be together who knows ...ect ect.

And well....... he has few people around him except their parents and he is very introverted and dont talk that easy about his ptsd to his new colleagues....

But also told me that he is really scarred and nervous for his training as a sergeant. There is a very difficult period for him to come at his school, where he gets mental tests, and as he said he has bad knees, bad in his languages and mathematics ....

He is afraid, afraid to lose his job because if he does not make it he has to get out of the army.

Me
Im more confussed after the talk... is he even sure what he wants... And maybe with the study his cup is overflow?

I know I have to move on and that the PTSD is there again and will not go unless he go in therapy.,I know I talk too much about him and what he wants and not what I want/need, I know I defend his way of behavior to others but I also know my hearth is broken and he is sick. And I dont believe he make this choice to divorce because he wants too.

I feel totally deserted and I think with great disbelief how my husband has changed into a man who is cold and has no emotions and breaks in tears the next moment and I see a glimp of him..

I also know that because he don't want to go to a T nothing will change.... and it will get worse. Im sure he does the push pull thing to me,he already did it in our divorce talk!

Future
I also know I am a strong woman, who will make it without him.
I build up a good life for myself, house,car, nice job and a sweet cat;)

But my worries about him will remain for a long long time.....and secretly I hope that he will realize what he has lost and that he will still fight for himself and finally us it's heartbreaking to see him go down like that....

To my soon to be ex husband:

''Babe I love you to pieces and I'm sad we did not make it (maybe for now, time will tell). And that PTSD monster has taken you over. I know your a sweet and loving person and hope one day you can live the life you want.
But I got your back if you ever need me''


X Marije
 
It´s good that he´s not alienating himself from you completely.
Perhaps there is still hope. But it sounds like he needs to figure out his troubles, by himself, for now. Maybe it will be good for both of you.

Use the time to figure out what you want and what you need. You cannot rely on someone who is currently going through the most intense symptoms of PTSD. That is, in my opinion. In a healthy relationship, you can complement each other - but depending on someone else for your own happiness never brings much good.
 
It is that “hope” you and @Rad talk about that keeps me going. Mine did come back and we are doing our best but I think the experience changed me. In the past, I would have done anything for my sufferer. Today, I take care of me first. That is not my nature and it bothers me but I can never go down that road again.

Thank you for your story. Your story helps me understand mine.
 
I would have done anything for my sufferer. Today, I take care of me first.

hmmm I had to think about that for a minute but... I actually do better when hubby (supporter) takes care of himself first if I'm just being a ptsd beeotch. It takes the pressure off of me to act a certain way or try not to upset him. If he's doing his thing and I know hes ok it's one less thing I have to worry about when I'm swallowed up. Would it be nice if he waited on me hand and foot? Sure. but I'm wondering if the fact that he doesn't pulls me out of it quicker......???
 
@Freida My therapist would probably agree with your thinking. She advised me to simply not engage, to walk away as a consequence of my boundary of not being yelled at and being accused of all sorts of things that are not true is crossed A variation of not taking it personally, I suppose.

I really wasn’t sure what would happen but when I started living it, she actually would come out of the episode sooner. I’m still learning but what you are saying makes perfect sense. Thank you for your insight.
 
my my heart absolutely breaks for you. I am in the same boat. 4 months ago my husband of 14 years told me that he loved me but not like he used to love me and that he had been pretending for quite a while. Over the course of the next four months that has turned into I don't love you anymore... And last week we found ourselves and divorce court. We have A2 year old son and my heart is completely shattered. Nothing anyone says to him can talk him out of this divorce. He has convinced himself that this is the only way for him to be happy again, whatever that means. As of today, I have still never received any clear answers as to why he didn't finish therapy, won't let us to marriage counseling, and divorce is our only option.
 
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