Hullo - Partner Has PTSD & DID

[Boy Least Likely]

Ah, introduction pages...I've never been that great at writing this kind of stuff, but here goes...

I currently live with a partner who has PTSD and DID. We moved in together about a year ago, though we are currently coming up to our 7 year anniversary.

In all my time of going out with my partner, I have not had much support. I find it awkward to talk to people and open up and a lot of my friends think I should break up with my partner as soon as I vent. They don't seem to recognise that when I vent, I am venting about the disorder and not my partner (I know the disorder is a part of my partner...but I'm not angry at my partner for having the disorder, I just get upset that fate has dealt us this hand sometimes, if that makes sense).

Anyways, as we have been living together several issues have become magnified, chief among them they way in which I communicate. I am looking to find friends on this forum and to communicate about PTSD and DID in a more "adult" way (again, if that makes sense). I am hoping that I grow as a result of being part of this forum, and that I may be able to help other people who have recently discovered that their partner has PTSD.

Lastly, I have never really been part of a forum at all, let a alone a PTSD forum, so I apologise in advance if I do the wrong thing re: creating new threads and the like. I am a bit technologically impaired so bare with me as I learn the ropes.

I think that about covers it.

Cheers,
Least Likely

 

[Pixie]

Hi Least Likely and welcome to the forum!

I am sure that you will find much support here on the forum from carers and sufferers alike. As a sufferer of CPTSD & DID myself, I really appreciate that you have made your way here, that you have stuck with your partner despite them having the disorder and that you genuinely understand that it is not their fault. That is such a nice thing to hear.

I often wonder what it is like for the person on the other end (in my case, my husband) so perhaps we can learn together.

Rell

 

[Clydiechick]

Hi

Welcome. Thanks for joining the forum. You have been with your partner a long time. I hope you find some comfort and support here.

Clydie

 

[amethist]

Hi Least Likely

Welcome to the forum and a great place to find others who will understand where you are with all this.

As a carer myself, I understand about friends saying things like that. Carers and suffers on this forum will support you not judge, as they know all too well how difficult this is for everyone.

Take time to read all you can in the different sections, it will help you to help you and your sufferer get through some of the bad times, and enjoy the good ones more.

Take care and good luck.

Amethist

 

[Boy Least Likely]

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. There is so much information here that I think it will take a time to fully take all (some?) of it in, but this is truly a great resource. I look forward to getting to know you all better as time goes on.

Thanks again,
Least Likely