hey there :)
This is my first time on this website...i need someone to talk to outside my family. I personally do not have PTSD, but my father does. He has been a firefighter for almost 30 years, the past 3 of which he has been at home full time on disability. I know that he is dealing with major issues with trauma from work, stress etc. It has been coming out in ways that make it hard to deal with him. He gets very aggressive over little things that aren't done right (like if the table isn't set properly), and his face turns bright red and he gets very threatening. The worst is when he's picking on me or one of my sisters and my mum tries to calm him down. He'll yell, "DONT CONTRADICT ME!" or, "YOU SHUT UP!" It's hard for me not to fight back because I hate to see my mother being put down like that. I never know when my father is going to have one of those days where he'll blow up on us, but sometimes I can tell beforehand because his eyes are usually bloodshot.
In the past couple years things have gotten progressively worse. My dad has gotten so out of hand that many times my mum has grabbed the keys and me and my sisters have piled into the car, sometimes only partially dressed, just to get away from him. My father doesn't exactly scare me, but it freaks me out that his behaviour can be so erratic. My mum doesn't tell me much about what's wrong with him, she says she doesn't want to scare me. I only know that he has PTSD from being a firefighter.
This is my first time on this website...i need someone to talk to outside my family. I personally do not have PTSD, but my father does. He has been a firefighter for almost 30 years, the past 3 of which he has been at home full time on disability. I know that he is dealing with major issues with trauma from work, stress etc. It has been coming out in ways that make it hard to deal with him. He gets very aggressive over little things that aren't done right (like if the table isn't set properly), and his face turns bright red and he gets very threatening. The worst is when he's picking on me or one of my sisters and my mum tries to calm him down. He'll yell, "DONT CONTRADICT ME!" or, "YOU SHUT UP!" It's hard for me not to fight back because I hate to see my mother being put down like that. I never know when my father is going to have one of those days where he'll blow up on us, but sometimes I can tell beforehand because his eyes are usually bloodshot.
In the past couple years things have gotten progressively worse. My dad has gotten so out of hand that many times my mum has grabbed the keys and me and my sisters have piled into the car, sometimes only partially dressed, just to get away from him. My father doesn't exactly scare me, but it freaks me out that his behaviour can be so erratic. My mum doesn't tell me much about what's wrong with him, she says she doesn't want to scare me. I only know that he has PTSD from being a firefighter.
