I can't tell you much about why my husband is going through. I can only tell you what I see and how I feel. I am finding more and more that everything out there is about your spouse. How he feels, what he thinks and what you should be doing in response. But what about how we spouses feel? What about what we go through as a result?
I understand my job is to be strong and stand by him. I get that I have to help him. But what is normal to be feeling? No one seems to be able to tell me. There probably isn't a "normal" way to feel, so much as a common way that many people feel. But I'm tired of wondering if this is "normal" or common.
I say all of this because it seems to me that I am having a hard time coping with my responses to my husband almost as much as I am having a hard time helping him. He is not interested in fixing things. When I try to talk to him, he gets this blank, arrogant stare. He patronizes me. He crosses his arms and gets a smirk on his face like I don't know anything. He constantly treats me like I should just take whatever he dishes out. I don't know what to say, but I often feel like he is owning his diagnosis in a way that says, "I'm the one with PTSD, you don't know shit about it. Nothing you can say matters because my diagnosis gives me the ability to behave however I want."
Any time I try to talk to him, he gets that arrogant smirk and shuts me out.
After we have those days, I shut down. I have given up a lot to help this man that I love and when he behaves that way, all I can do is sit on my couch and do nothing. As in, I lack the motivation to do anything. The aftermath of our altercations, our fights, our "discussions," our lack of communication is horrible. I just sit and can't cope.
What do I do? I don't know. I don't know if this weird, arrogant behavior is common. I don't know if it's "normal" for them to behave this way. I don't know if it's common for me to sit on my couch the next day unable to find the proper motivation to do anything. I just don't know.
I understand my job is to be strong and stand by him. I get that I have to help him. But what is normal to be feeling? No one seems to be able to tell me. There probably isn't a "normal" way to feel, so much as a common way that many people feel. But I'm tired of wondering if this is "normal" or common.
I say all of this because it seems to me that I am having a hard time coping with my responses to my husband almost as much as I am having a hard time helping him. He is not interested in fixing things. When I try to talk to him, he gets this blank, arrogant stare. He patronizes me. He crosses his arms and gets a smirk on his face like I don't know anything. He constantly treats me like I should just take whatever he dishes out. I don't know what to say, but I often feel like he is owning his diagnosis in a way that says, "I'm the one with PTSD, you don't know shit about it. Nothing you can say matters because my diagnosis gives me the ability to behave however I want."
Any time I try to talk to him, he gets that arrogant smirk and shuts me out.
After we have those days, I shut down. I have given up a lot to help this man that I love and when he behaves that way, all I can do is sit on my couch and do nothing. As in, I lack the motivation to do anything. The aftermath of our altercations, our fights, our "discussions," our lack of communication is horrible. I just sit and can't cope.
What do I do? I don't know. I don't know if this weird, arrogant behavior is common. I don't know if it's "normal" for them to behave this way. I don't know if it's common for me to sit on my couch the next day unable to find the proper motivation to do anything. I just don't know.
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I feel the same way. I don't want to leave. I want to stay. How far do I let him go?
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