Sufferer Surviver Of Child Abuse, And Rape By Ex

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Welcome to the forum...

Curious, how do you know his PTSD is worse than yours?

There is no PTSD continuum, as in combat PTSD isn't necessarily worse than car accident PTSD or rape PTSD. Why don't you get to know him before making assumptions? I'm sure you hate it when people make assumptions about your PTSD, right?

Ok so you say there was an incident, but one incident doesn't define the full severity of how one suffers from this disorder. Kwim?

 

[desertwind4566]

I'd rather not go into detail about his problem, because I don't feel comfortable going talking in depth about other peoples' "stuff." I will say that what happened caused his wife to bang on our door very early in the morning, begging for help. It really scared me.

I've got my own problems, which may or may not be worse than his. (I never said that combat PTSD was worse than other situations.) I've had a bad history with strange men, and I am not ready to just go over there and introduce myself.

My post was in no way meant to be nasty to my nieghbor.

 

[desertwind4566]

Welcome to the forum...

Curious, how do you know his PTSD is worse than yours?

Tried to respond to this, didn't see it, so I'll try again.

I'm not trying to make assumptions about my nieghbor or be mean to him. I won't go into detail about his "stuff," because I don't feel right posting it on the forum. I'm just a little scared and confused about how to react to this.

Since I'm dealing with my own problems, I'm not exactly ready to go up to a strange man and introduce myself.

I didn't mean to offend anyone, and no, I don't believe that combat PTSD is worse than my problems.

 

[desertwind4566]

I've been thinking about what ScaredOfLonely said about my post. It's true that I was making assumptions about my nieghbor. I haven't exactly been "rational" this summer, and with my paranoia, I've been doing that to everyone--not just my nieghbor.

I'm sorry for offending anyone who's stuck with combat PTSD. If I could take that post down, believe me, I'd do it in a minute!