I'm not hell bent on relationships, in fact, I'm pretty terrified for the most part. Letting my guard down around someone is really hard.
My question is how do you cope with getting involved with someone and having them run away the moment you mention ptsd? This has happened twice in the last four years. I didn't mention it upfront and waited until things had progressed a bit over a few weeks, and there was a natural progression in the conversation. I didn't even go into detail about what happened to me. I don't even know why I bother trying.
Do you just lie until your symptoms become apparent and you have to deal with them? I don't want to be viewed solely on the basis of my disorder, but I feel like it's hard to really know me without knowing a bit about that.
I'm at a complete loss.
My question is how do you cope with getting involved with someone and having them run away the moment you mention ptsd? This has happened twice in the last four years. I didn't mention it upfront and waited until things had progressed a bit over a few weeks, and there was a natural progression in the conversation. I didn't even go into detail about what happened to me. I don't even know why I bother trying.
Do you just lie until your symptoms become apparent and you have to deal with them? I don't want to be viewed solely on the basis of my disorder, but I feel like it's hard to really know me without knowing a bit about that.
I'm at a complete loss.
