Reply #41: ignorance of ptsd and circumstance

[stumblnrose]

ptsd is not a binary phenomenon, you don't turn it on and off according to who is in the room or if it's raining. i have never done anything to blame her for my situation and put a game face on. but you really need to read about ptsd. it is not a cosmetic illness or even arthritis where one grins and bears it. i do get grumpy. i am sure she feels guilt and responsibility, these are normal responses in a familial environment where tragedy and grave illness come into play and i have told her she is not responsible many times over. but the trigger finger of you and others in this forum just shows how little most people know about ptsd and until u live in a world of tubes and daily colonoscopies and relearning to walk and suffering acute photophobia then u are only looking in at my glass house and should not cast stones so readily...imho. I did post, will never again.