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How to have ptsd and behave towards loved ones:

In Military Service, marriage, ptsd on February 8, 2010 at 9:23 am

Step One:
Go on a date with your spouse for 3 hours and yell “Jesus Christ!” before every sentence.

Step Two:
Transition unsuccessfully when picking up the children. Act annoyed that they actually talk and ask for things.

Step Three:
Wonder to yourself why everyone around you has a problem.

Step Four:
Upon returning home plop on the sofa and watch mind numbing TV. Order others around you to clean while you chillax.

Step Five:
Leave the house un-announced, and don’t respond when your spouse asks you where you are going. If she keeps asking, yell at her to ” text you”

Step Six:
Spend the next hour wondering why your spouse doesn’t feel like being close to you, or seems distant.

Step Seven:
Blame her for everything wrong in your life and take no responsibility for your own actions.

Step Eight:
Threaten to leave for good and disappear over trivial issues, and do this every time you have a conversation about anything that matters

Step Nine:
Stay defensive and unable to communicate effectively
 

Step Ten:
Upon returning home, wonder again, why she seems more distant than before,….