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Do you guys only push people away after you tell them you have PTSD?
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Relationship Why Do Sufferers Push Their Partners Away?
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I did the same to my wife and I'm not sure why. I just know that I was overwhelmed with feelings and emotions that not only I could understand and knew that she wouldn't understand. Perhaps she needs to confront some issues that bother her. My therapist pushed me to do this. It's hard but I pushed through it. Before I got help from my therapist I would want to "venture " away to seek something with myself and I often felt smothered as well. I still don't fully understand my actions but I know that I had to confront some damned painful moments/issues in my life. I'm still confronting them and now I know why I at least wanted time to myself. I'm less apt to leave on a whim or call in sick at work to have time to myself. Just a thought. I hope this may shed some light on your situation.
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Yes and no.
I put up a front to my wife. That's all she knew about me is big tough guy Rob. Now since my diagnosis and explanation to my wife, I pushed her away than she had to get to know me all over again to a degree. It still seems she doesn't have a clue about my illness. She will get upset that my stuff crowds her area in the bathroom and I'm like , "Women, your worried about you space in the bathroom and I'm still grieving a father I didn't get to know because of my PTSD,". He passed before I knew what was going on with me and unfortunately he was a trigger but had nothing to do with the trauma itself.
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This girl told me she was raped and has PTSD. With me and only me she buts up this giant wall and shield and has pushed me over the edge
Man, I don't know what to tell you bro.
Is she in counseling? Your lives are very different, more so because of her PTSD. My wife is strong because I know that I have pushed her close to the edge more than I care to count and I have pushed over the edge about twice. She is still with me. Why? I don't know sometimes. We pray a lot and that has helped. When you say over the edge, can you elaborate? I'll pray for you both for now.
Maybe. I know I pushed my dad away than eventually everyone else. I became pretty isolated except my wife and kids but connecting with them, well that wasn't happening for awhile so I was just there. I think it is shame though. I pushed my closest family members away but the good thing now is that I'm trying to reconnect. I'm going to see my aunt in a week and my mom in a year. Reconnecting I guess would be a clinical term I would call it but how do I tell them I am trying to reconnect? Or should I? I thinks I should because the only reason I wouldn't is shame. I guess I'll try it and let you guys know how it worked out.
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In agreement for self with @FridayJones.
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K was pushed away after told she has PTSD and don't think I'm being let back in
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No at least not in my case I just do it all the time unintentially
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She probably thinks you think differently about her now and she's probably feeling weak and vulnerable and like you're going to leave her now so she pushed you away before that could happenStatsattack said:
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Gotten that answer. She has a new boyfriend and when I found out I was furious. It was 4-5 months of hell, isolation, guilt, fear and Learning about PTSD to find out about this.
She hasn't told him and what pisses me off most is I can't even have a 5 minute convo with her
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