A very common complaint among those who love someone who has PTSD is that they can turn from warm and loving to cold and distant very quickly. I can’t tell you how many times I have heard someone say, “My boyfriend has PTSD and has pushed me away.” How do you deal with loving someone who seemingly wants nothing to do with you a lot of the time? How do you keep yourself sane?
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can ruin your quality of life if you let it. It is an emotional roller coaster that leaves you and those who are close to you mentally drained. This is partially because the symptoms of PTSD are severe, alarming, and can be at odds with one another at times. To make matters worse, some of these symptoms make no logical sense to someone who does not have PTSD.