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I am so angry that you spent years with me making me feel like I was somebody and you cared about me. But when I knew you were moving, would no longer be my supervisor, and we made the friendship personal.... you gave me the ptsd treatment. Got real close, drew me into your family history, and then shoved me away hard. Pulled, pushed, pulled, then cut me off without warning. You tell me your family understands but I don't. Then why do you treat me so differently than your other friend from back home? Why can you talk and text with them freely? Come home and see them? But with me you read but refuse to respond. Why can you accept things from me? If you don't want me, why don't you make it clear? So I will quit sending stuff for the children, quit trying to keep my promises, quit trying to treat you like family. You make me feel like others have value, but not me, I AM WORTHLESS.
 
Our fights come up out of nowhere and they spiral quickly out of control. You look at me as if I'm a monster, like you aren't actually seeing your wife, and I get frightened. My fear and my tears convince you that I'm laying on the guilt, but I don't know how else to react. I try to be cold and untouchable, but I've been bottling for so long it just bubbles over- plus you accuse me of ignoring you. You've been leaving a lot when we fight lately and I figured maybe it was best- we'd talked about giving each other 20 minutes to reset and calm down. But now I wonder if it's just a way for you to escape talking about problems. And you tell me I'm doing things wrong- Maybe I am. I'm so confused over how I am supposed to behave anymore that I'm not sure if I deserve the blame or not. Perhaps I am messing it all up- perhaps I am self centered. I feel like I have no grasp on the reality of what's happening. I just wish I wasn't scared of you. And I hate that you demonize me for having feelings and for not having feelings- you stack the deck so that no matter what, I'm always in the wrong. And you expect me to be pleasant all the time, even though you tell me I don't have to be. I know the truth- I have to work harder, smile more and hope that I don't trigger you somehow. It isn't fair. But, I married you because I love you and I need you by my side. I allow for you to take what you need, do what you have to do because I know you're special and that your needs are different. I don't mind it- I really don't. I really wish it was more appreciated, though. If I seem to need that acknowledgement, again- you assume I'm guilting you for needing my help. Sometimes, though, I feel trapped in a cage. I have no one to talk to- we share our families and friends. I would never tell them how you act. But I need someone to talk to. I need help. If only I could afford it, I suppose. I just want to have one god damn weekend where you aren't yelling, where I'm not yelling, where we can be happy.
 
I am so angry that you don't even realize what you are doing to us or our family. I am so angry that you won't get help and say that there is no help for you. I am angry that you are giving up 17 years of what you love to do for nothing. I am angry that you don't have any ambitions or anything anymore. I am angry that you are a lump and do not really interact with anyone anymore. I am angry that you cannot get along with your family ( you can barely tolerate them) and WHY???? They never did anything to do? They love you and you push them away which makes it stressful on me and your children. I am so angry that I let you come back home after you did what you did but I know it wasn't you and it was the PTSD! You have changed so much and I miss the old you. I am so angry that you went on so many deployments (some were volunteered for) that I lost a piece of you each time. I am so angry that you do not realize how hurt I am and that when I try to bring it up you minimize it. I know you are the sufferer but do you see what the effect you have on US????
 
I'm angry that it's always all about you.

I'm the one that had the car accident, you weren't even there. I was the one in shock, and I needed my husband to hold me, not shout and rant at me.

I know that it's because it frightened you. But it frightened me too.
 
You have your PTSD anxiety. And you deal with. Daily. Hourly. Minute-ly. Living with your PTSD has become second nature to you. But don't you f*cking forget that you're not the only one living with it. Guess what....I live with it too. I may not have nightmares and panic attacks but I watch the guy I love frown and grunt in his sleep when I wake up from him grabbing at me. I watch you try to stifle the deer in headlights look as you get set off by someone too close to you in line at the gas station. And when that happens I do my damn best to keep you as calm as possible and help relieve the anxiety. And you can lie all you want. I know you don't want to give me that much power...but overall you sleep waaaay better when I'm in bed with you.

Everyday I'm thinking about how you slept, how you ate, if there was anything that may have triggered something. Once a month....just once a month for a couple days I'm asking you to be sympathetic to me. I don't know where my mind goes....but this PMS makes me insane. Little things bother me. I cry at the drop of hat. I feel crazy. I know I'm being irrational. But that doesn't make the feelings any less real. YOU OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THIS. But because mine is natural I shouldn't need anything special?

Yes, I get mad at you for something that normally doesn't bother me. But, do I yell? No. Do I pick a fight? No. I know I'm not actually mad. So, I decide to open a conversation about how upset I am about the election result predictions, or the job I was rejected from, or my best girl friend's disappearing act. To which you respond to go eat more candy. I'm sorry, I don't feel like being teased like I normally do. So, instead of giving you the cold shoulder and making you figure out my "hints" (My initial solution was to ignore you for at least 2 days until you figured it out...seriously) No...instead I communicate and use those "I statements" everyone says to use and I articulate, "i love your sass, but I don't want it right now". And you say "that's fine." Yes, I probably should have used those I statements again and articulated that I needed some sympathy. But I was actually scared to because I didn't want to have my PMS invalidated since your PTSD is so much worse. I need some support here too dude! I may have found the courage to after a few minutes but then you informed me that you were going to bed. Fine. Guess we'll hash this out later. And just so you know.....now that I have gotten some of my frustration out....I fully intend on writing you a nice long note (i know how much you LOVE those long notes about my feelings). Don't worry....it'll be much less bitter than this. Full of love and solutions and real life adult communication. I dream of a day I can have a live face to face, phone call, or hell...even text message conversation about how I feel. Not make it a dramatic event with a long letter (and by letter I mean email). You really don't respond well to feelings. At least not at first.
 
This is a rant. A no holding back, awful thoughts as they come to me rant.

I am too exhausted to be understanding right now. I am too exhausted to support you right now. I am too exhausted to keep up a positive attitude when your mood bounces up and down every half hour. I don't give a sh*t that you asked to lay down and hold one another earlier--yes it was nice and I tried hard to breathe with you and tell you I love you and make you smile--but I actually don't really give a f*ck about it because you were an asshole before that and after that and you're one f*cking attempt at calming down doesn't make me sympathetic to your complete and total lack of effort. Don't verbally tell me that you realize you're being unfair and then continue to be unfair. If you have that moment of pause and reflection then you have the will and the strength, if only you try, to leave the room and breathe as your doctor told you to do. But no, don't f*cking breathe, go fix that f*cking exposed cable that you're working on even though we discussed it and I am against it and I know it's pointless. Go fix it even though it's a stupid useless idea that's going to not work. God forbid you don't do something when you're fixated on it as visually annoying--so fix it and then curse and get pissed off and start hating yourself and then your job and then telling me that everything is f*cked repeatedly in your life. Thanks honey that's so sweet! And tell me you have to unf*ck everything while you smack your hands repeatedly on your head. Of course, you have to fix every thing, don't communicate or work with your partner who only consistently asks that of you as a fundamental need. No keep doing whatever the f*ck you want and don't listen to me. Why would I understand anything? And yes, the cherry on the f*cking cake is that while you've spent the entire night wasting time on that stupid exposed cable, that small cosmetic issue that bothered only you, you've neglected to prep the bathroom walls for painting. Something you've decided MUST be done tonight. So let me guess, the solution is to stay up until 3 to do that? Perfect, really perfect, so after a 12 hour workday that was so stressful and busy you didn't eat anything from 8:45am to 8:45pm (way to go honey, after all or talks about how hunger triggers you and inhibits you from thinking clearly or managing stress or making decisions you skip lunch. A lunch I packed no less that is full of on-the-go snacks) and then ranting for a few hours, PLEASE stay up half the night so you get 3 hours of sleep and can go back to another 10 hour work day. These are all such amazing ways to take care of yourself and manage your PTSD. A really perfect cycle. Way to go babe! And please tomorrow tell me, in an angry fit, when I try to express the weight of some of your words the night before, that you painted the bathroom for us. For me. I am being ungrateful. Yes baby, you did me a blessed service, giving me, "us", something that you decided in your mind was good for us without conferring with me or asking my opinion.

And about your job, this shitty stupid job that doesn't pay you enough, this stupid job that denied you a raise you were promised and from stories has upper management that has shat on you and treated you poorly for 7 years--why the f*ck did you take it? Why did you stay?

In what world did you think a poor paying job, with bosses who scream at you and don't value you, with stressful time crunches would be good for you? How could you be so stupid?

And now, after I really felt we had reached a new point, after things had gotten to a point where I didn't feel consistently stressed and unsure of myself and us, where you were communicating, where you were happy, where you wanted to make me happy--now, this denial of a f**ing raise will trigger you Monday through Friday when you go to work, and on the weekends when you start to think about it and either zone out or explode. And it will only get worse, as you have only gotten worse for the passed 2 weeks. I don't see how this could improve, I don't think you can do it. I don't know if I can do it. What? 4 more months of fury at this job. A long period of joblessness if they let you go? You have stopped trying, you wouldn't giving a f*ck about trying to stand up. I can't do it. Everything can't turn to shit again. How can I have an effing life with you if I feel all alone, like I have to handle everything. How can I think of having a child?

I think you're weak right now. Weak. It's an awful thing to say and I hope to hell I never break and say it to your face but I think you're weak and immature now. Shouting and jutting out your chin like a petulant child. Drool literally falling from your mouth as you shout.
 
I'm angry that every thing is always MY fault - even decisions that you made. I'm angry that you can be so spiteful and hurtful and then behave like you have no memory of what you said. I'm angry that when you can see I am getting upset you tell me to go ahead and cry. I'm angry that if I remain upset after you've calmed down you blame me for 'choosing to hang on to negatives". I'm angry that you know I'm trying SO hard but nothing is ever good enough for you. I'm angry that I was stupid enough to think I could handle this.
 
Angry that you misled me. Angry I cared. Angry I still want so badly to be included in your life and matter to you.
 
Holy f*ck. I am so glad to read through this thread and realize that am not alone in my anger and frustrations.

You have a chance to work with a real therapist and you are holding back the truth of it all. The f*cking RCMP were sent to our house. Stop pretending that there isn't a problem.
You have a freaking drinking problem! You act like you its all under control.
I'm telling you, you don't. When you drink you are a verbally abusive jerk. Hell, even when you don't drink you can be an verbal minefield. I have to freaking live with this. The least you can acknowledge it.
I am a ball of anxiety and stress dealing with all of this and all you can do is make jokes about it.

You have a chance to go into a treatment center halfway across the country to get real help finally and all you can talk about it going kayaking while you're there. WTF?!?!?

You betrayed me with a friend and all you can say is, 'she was there for me and then it went sideways..."
And then to credit her for 'saving' your life??!? WTF??! I'm the one that's supporting you in every way possible. Is she there when you're dead drunk to make sure you're okay? Is she there putting a roof over your head and food in your stomach? Is she there defending you and advocating for you when you're being treated like crap by your work?? Is she that wakes up every morning with the anxiety and question of whether or not you're still alive?? Does she go looking for you when you're not home?? Does she have to put up with your anger and abuse for simply questioning why you're in the workshop at 7:30 in the morning??
But yeah...she's the one that saved you. She's a f*cking angel. She's so pure that she think's it's perfectly acceptable to have an affair with a married man.

You go on and protect your dignity. See how far that gets you.
 
I wish I could be angry. Angry is better than grieving and sad. Why doesn't time make any difference in the pain? Accept it, will it away, compartmentalize it, nothing helps, it is still there. People make giving up on somebody sound so black and white, but hearts don't work like that.
 
@LilBit nothing is ever easy especially when you no longer have somebody in your life. Emotions in general are a tough thing and no emotions is tough as well. There was a while and still times when I have no emotions and the emotion I have most of the time is anger. There have been times that I wish I could just be sad and grieve.

In my personal opinion you can have all the time in the world but time doesn't really change much especially in emotions. The key is to work through the emotions and accept the emotions and not to judge yourself for still having the emotions that you do.
 
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