Hi my name is Karen, and I'm a veteran PTSD suffers wife....
Welcome to my therapy ha ha. So you maybe wondering what my reason is for creating this blog.... and it's a fairly simple one.....After trawling the Internet far and wide I've come to realise that although PTSD is fairly well recognised now in the UK, that sadly the family members who support that suffer are NOT.
So i shall begin with my little story, for they say there is a story in all of us so here's Our story so far, My husband a Army veteran of 11 years, has been "formally diagnosed" with PTSD and recurrent depressive disorder, HURRAH at long last a label for whats been going on for many, many years being suffered in silence. "I'm officially a nut nut" my hubby said.
However the diagnosis is only the start of a very long journey both for my husband who suffers from it and for our family, and the effects it has upon our day to day lives.
My main reason for setting up this blog, to reach out to other spouses of veteran PTSD sufferers and maybe learn and educate along the way alittle about the thing we all live with and suffer (direct or indirectly) the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or more simply put....PTSD.
So welcome, and buckle up it really is quite a rollercoster ride.
Hey Karen,
ReplyDeleteI'd like to talk with you but had trouble sending the long comment that took me almost an hour to write. Then it disappeared. I can't bear to try to rewrite it all over again. I'd love to contact you by email. My email address is jilldrum@optonline.net.
Hugs,
Jill Drummond
Manalapan, NJ
USA