General Have You Told You Have Been On This Site?

[Deleted member 12723]

Boy am I late to this one. I have ptsd and so does my husband. I am his caregiver now. I have a laptop and sit next to him and type away. He knows I am on this site and he has no problems with it at all. I have shared some things with him like pictures and kindnesses from others. It has really been a good experience for me.

He used to hate me being on the computer but as I have a laptop, I can sit beside him and keep him company at the same time. It has been a wonderful experience for me. He never reads what is on here. He respects my privacy. I hope this helps.

 

[Froggie]

I suggested this site to my T, my psy and my psych doc and my GP. They have all taken note of the site, but here in Quebec, most people are french speaking folks - it's too bad because this site was a real life saver for me. I have also told my kids that I'm on this site and I was able to use some of the explanations on the wiki site to explain to them why mom was wierder than usual. This helped some, but not as much as I would have liked. I don't use my real name as I haven't gone into the more sensitive stuff with my family, so if one day one of them decides to come online, they will have some trouble to find me. I need to feel in a real safe place for my stuff.

I don't have someone in my life, but if I felt that I was getting tooo much for him to handle our couple, I would probably suggest him going to the support section and letting him read my posts so that he could have a better idea of why I am as I am.

 

[myvetswife]

My hubby joined here first and then changed to the combat site. He suggested I join here for support.

As we live in Germany it is hard to find people who understand the combat ptsd side and live in a relationship with it.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

myvetwife I used to live in Ramstein air base when I was a child. I have good memories of living in Germany. I am hoping that you will meet people who will understand. It is nice to meet you.

 

[VenusSky]

My husband is so hung up on what others think he may kill me if he finds out I'm on here. No joke. I'm not even allowed to comment small issues with family or friends. The small group that still sort of talks to me on Facebook.

 

[Shellbell]

I told my husband the same day I found this forum. I've shown him the supporters section and he's said he wants to sit and look through some of it on the weekend. Which is great him and me.

I've told him he can register under his own name if he wants. I haven't said anything on here that he doesn't know about.

 

[RiverEDGE]

Hi piratelady. I didn't tell my bf my user name or show him from my actual profile so he doesn't know which diary entry is mine. I just wanted him to see that our battle with PTSD isn't unique and we aren't alone. I've read several posts which are almost identical to our situation and created a random username so that helps to keep my identity (and my diary) unknown to him. It isn't that I meant to deceive him, I just like to keep our experiences and hardships somewhat anonymous. However I am a supporter and do not personally suffer from PTSD so my view could be different from a sufferer. He doesn't seem to mind that I post on this site and he could have his own account and not have told me. I hope he does because there is so much good info in these forums. Best of luck to you.

 

[Philippa]

I have told my teacher and class that I am on a PTSD forum, but I did not say which one. Some people I know from another forum, who live in the states and canada know I am on one, but never ask me about it.

 

[SeekingSerenity]

My wife is on a different forum, but she knows I am on this one. We agreed that we would not visit each others' fora because we sometimes rant about each other, and we dont need to see that about each other.

But we have both benefitted greatly from our time on the fora, and we have both learned so much about PTSD. Its one of the things that has saved our relationship.