How Do I Help Him?

[cookinggal]

Ive been with my boyfriend going on a steady 2 years already and he was around when the incident occurred. I cant help but feel like he doesn't trust me(this could be the worry kicking in and be nothing). My question is how do I help him understand what PTSD is and how do I help him understand that I'm possibly more sensitive to certain things then I was before. Like "play time" is so much more different for us and we've been to 2 therapists to help us get back to what we had before.Maybe its just my worry and me putting my walls up,but I don't like feeling this way.

 

[99Phoenix99]

The only thing that's helped me explain PTSD to people I know is explaining it in simplest terms possible. From there you can explain things in full better, but I think the most important thing is getting the basic foundation down.

PTSD is like... it's like a knee jerk reaction. When you put your hand on a hot stove what do you do? You recoil. It's instantaneous. It's intinct. You don't think you just do.

You've been rewired to be more sensitive to things now than you were before. Even if you don't want to be rewired, you can't stop that knee jerk reaction. Essentially you'll have to rework yourself to unlearn what you know.

It's a terribe feeling to want something and yet be at odds with your body's reactions. I feel for you.

I'm not sure that I've helped all that much, but I hope at least some of this has helped.