In a Relationship With Someone Who Has PTSD? Here’s What to Know
Being the significant other to someone who deals with PTSD can be difficult to work with and maneuver around. Supporting your loved one can feel like a mystery at first.
Being the significant other to someone who deals with PTSD can be difficult to work with and maneuver around. Supporting your loved one can feel like a mystery at first.
Something that makes grief so hard to move on from is that there’s no one way to fix it. There’s no shortcut, or a loophole that you can go through to make it all better again.
Relationships are tricky. For example, you may deal with issues like anger along the way. Perhaps one or both of you do not feel comfortable opening up.
The past couple of decades have brought much greater awareness to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). This has resulted in far more people getting the help they need and deserve.
There is more talk about mental health today than ever before. In general, this is a very good thing. People feel heard and understood and validated. We’ve reduced the social stigma and helped guide higher numbers of folks to get the help they need.
All across the globe, people have been dealing with heightened levels of both. As a result, a paradox has been unleashed. In an effort to protect your immune system, you are subjected to an endless supply of negative input.
You may not realize how childhood trauma is affecting your anxiety as an adult.
The better your family is at communicating, the closer you'll be. It all starts with opening up, breaking down those emotional blocks, and making relational repairs.
Clients I see are experiencing more stress and anxiety than normal. With the pandemic, the political environment, the state of our economy among other more personal issues, people are suffering and feeling anxious in mind, body and spirit.
Maintaining a positive, supportive relationship with one’s partner in the face of life stress is one of the biggest challenges many couples face. Not uncommonly, instead of pulling together to face life’s difficulties, partners become disengaged or even hostile.