John Prin, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

[JohnP]

This is my first post on this forum and I'm not sure if I'm doing this introduction right. So here goes....

For 40 years I've been the husband of a woman with PTSD. The past 25 years have been highly challenging due to her chronic avoidance in many areas, and I've really struggled to stay in the marriage. I am weary and exhausted from waiting for a drop of change in a vast desert where safety is her first priority and intimacy is mine. (I have never been violent or abusive or threatening, but her childhood perpertrator, a male, was.) A person dying of thirst can only think of water!

My main hope is to connect with carers in the Twin Cities metro area. If you are such an individual, please let me know and say hello. Thanks, John Prin

 

[wattle]

Hello and welcome to the forum JohnP:)
It sounds like your having a difficult time at the moment, there are other carers on the forum and if you have a look around a lot of information that may help you understand your wifes condition a little better, good luck.
Wattle.

 

[suzie q]

Welcome JohnP

So glad you found the forum to help you with your pain. Here, there is plenty of water if you look around and study the information available as well as talk with other carers that have been where you are now.

Hope you continue to chat here and get the answers you are looking for.

 

[helena]

Hi JohnP,

I am not very close to you - an ocean away in fact but just wanted to welcome you to the forum.

Hope you find the contacts you're looking for and, if not, there are some great people on this site who will advise and help you through this.

Helena