scout86
MyPTSD Pro
The reason i decided to give therapy a try is that avoiding things wasn't working real well. LOL (Although, for a long time I thought it was working great.)avoid was all he did for a decade burying it and denying it,
"Yeah? And how's THAT working for you?" Is something my T says a lot. I've sort of adopted it as the thing I ask myself when i REALLY don't want to show up.
Some of this he might hear easier, coming from his brother. Or, another vet. It's easy to go with "they just don't understand." My personal favorite PTSD book is "Once a Warrior, Always a Warrior." You both find something that helpful. It might help him to know that a lot of what's he's going through isn't unique to him. In fact, it's NOT him, it's the PTSD.