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my husband has been in the military for 8 years now. he deployed last year from may 2016 to march 2017. while overseas although being in the infantry, he did not see direct combat. his duties were to secure the base, check id cards, patrol around the base ect. when we spoke during the deployment he always talked about how bored he was, so i expected him to return without issues. however, since returning home he has been experiencing what i think are night terrors. 3 or 4 times a week he wakes up in the middle of the night breathing very heavily in a panic, this is when i wake up. sometimes he will talk or swear then fall right back to sleep. but last night he woke up are 3 am in a panic, i asked him what was wrong, he just screamed for me to turn on the light. when i did he just sat there for a few minutes, i kept asking him what was wrong and he just looked at me like i was crazy. when we talked about it this morning, he said he only remembered dreaming about something and then waking up and not being able to see. i don't know if he meant because its dark in the room or if he literally could not see from his eyes. i need some help in figuring out if this is a subset of ptsd or something else going on. to note any other changes ive noticed, he came home with a very short temper. he does not turn physically violent but will sometimes be verbally abusive if im doing something that sets him off. other then that he is the same person. any advice will be helpful thank you!
