Non-combat PTSD - Spouse Almost Killed Me

[Nam]

Welcome!

Hehehe..apparently, Welcome! is too short of a post (window popped up saying I must have at least so many characters)...so..um, Welcome aboard! LOL!

 

[sally]

hi i'm sally
look it's very hard what you're going through my ex was a pretty mean person the doctors were able to repair my face and bones from the guy "I love you so why do you make me hit you" and I know the more people say about him the more you feel you have to defend him because maraige is forever. but you have to think of your self and the baby and belive me it's a hard lonely road till you learn to repect your self again.but I know you can do it. and trust it takes along-long time to rebuild it even with another person in your life. but theres help out there just keep on reaching the hardest step is the first one I KNOW

 

[Lisa]

Good lord, I can't believe anyone has said to you that if you don't have PTSD from combat, then PTSD from anything else is invalid. What a load of codswollop! Trauma is trauma... trauma causes PTSD. Not just combat, that's oldschool thinking, like there is only "shell shock" from war. Have a look around... you'll soon find PLENTY of different causes to PTSD. Combat, non-combat PTSD- it's all the same in it's effects.

I'm glad you found us, sgtanon... there's plenty of CORRECT information here for you to read, and realise that you have PTSD... just like us. No comparison, no competition... just a bunch of people suffering with the same thing, trying to get better.

 

[AmazonBelle]

Welcome Sgtanon. I can totally understand ptsd stemming from what you describe. It's like... you expect the enemy to want you dead... not your husband.

I relate. My ptsd stems from being abused by parents. Who can you trust, if not your own family? It just sucks.

 

[Frankie]

Welcome Sgtanon, as everyone has said, trauma is trauma, not one worst or better then another. PTSD can come about from nowhere and everywhere, you certainly don't have to have been in the military for it to be validated.

You will find some great information here, glad you found this site ! There is lots of compassion and understanding here, and noone will judge you !

 

[pandora]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[vee_dog]

Welcome Sgtanon. All it takes it one traumatic event to cause PTSD and yours sure sounds like the real deal to me. You'll find some very supportive and understanding people here. We all hope it helps. What kind of Doctor's have you been to that didn't diagnose this as PTSD?

 

[hollyberry]

welcome to the forum