I stumbled across this site when I began doing research on PTSD. I have always had a general idea of the disorder but had never taken the time to understand it.
I began dating someone several years older than me a few months ago. The first month went amazing. All the little things were there and I felt more passion with him in that month than I felt with my ex-husband at any point. We were seeing each other almost every other day. Shortly after the first month passed I stopped getting text messages though out the day. He usually responds if I text him and if not he usually calls every night. I have now only been seeing him once a week. Perhaps this is petty but I haven’t heard a good morning from him in almost two months, he hasn't called me beautiful since the first month and i feel as if he is keeping me out of his life. I have not met a single friend of his and if he did not live with a family member I don’t think I would have met any of his family either. I definitely want more than I’m getting out of this relationship at this point. Could any of this stem from his ptsd or could this just be the type of person he has always been. Your opinions are appreciated. I had thought that maybe it was the age difference. This is the first time I have dated someone ten years older than me. And maybe it is just that.
About a month after we started dating he mentioned he had ptsd. I did not say much about it. How could I, I barely know anything about it. But the idea that I know hardly anything about this scares me. I have no idea what I could be getting into. I know he was in counseling but has stopped going. I do not know for how long or if he has intentions of going back. I do not know how to approach this subject with him. Communication is not my best attribute and it is something I have been trying to work on. But it does not come easy to me. How do I get him to discuss this with me and what should I be asking? Is there anything I should not say?
I began dating someone several years older than me a few months ago. The first month went amazing. All the little things were there and I felt more passion with him in that month than I felt with my ex-husband at any point. We were seeing each other almost every other day. Shortly after the first month passed I stopped getting text messages though out the day. He usually responds if I text him and if not he usually calls every night. I have now only been seeing him once a week. Perhaps this is petty but I haven’t heard a good morning from him in almost two months, he hasn't called me beautiful since the first month and i feel as if he is keeping me out of his life. I have not met a single friend of his and if he did not live with a family member I don’t think I would have met any of his family either. I definitely want more than I’m getting out of this relationship at this point. Could any of this stem from his ptsd or could this just be the type of person he has always been. Your opinions are appreciated. I had thought that maybe it was the age difference. This is the first time I have dated someone ten years older than me. And maybe it is just that.
About a month after we started dating he mentioned he had ptsd. I did not say much about it. How could I, I barely know anything about it. But the idea that I know hardly anything about this scares me. I have no idea what I could be getting into. I know he was in counseling but has stopped going. I do not know for how long or if he has intentions of going back. I do not know how to approach this subject with him. Communication is not my best attribute and it is something I have been trying to work on. But it does not come easy to me. How do I get him to discuss this with me and what should I be asking? Is there anything I should not say?
