4th of July Celebration and struggles
Written July 2010:
4th of July Celebration and struggles
The 4th of July. A day to celebrate freedom. The freedom my husband and every solder throughout history has fought for. Only we dont get to celebrate for long this year. You see, with PTSD, triggers are everywhere. One of the triggers for my husband's PTSD is explosions.
This year, we thought he would be ok to go to a family BBQ with a small fireworks display afterwards. Not thinking much more about it, we went on with our week after the 4th. Boy were things rough! The fighting, anger, arguing escalated quickly. It took me all week asking myself what happened, what have we done different to trigger this outburst of anger. THEN it hit me! I felt so stupid! What was supposed to be a great day of family and friends (and it was) had left behind an aftermath of nightmares, anger, outbursts and fights.
It is now 10 days later and things have settled back to a tollerable level. It just goes to show that with PTSD, we can NEVER stop watching for possible trigers.
We once again made it through a rough patch I was really wondering about.
If your family is struggling with PTSD, please, please find a counselor that knows PTSD you all can talk with. It helps so much!
4th of July Celebration and struggles
The 4th of July. A day to celebrate freedom. The freedom my husband and every solder throughout history has fought for. Only we dont get to celebrate for long this year. You see, with PTSD, triggers are everywhere. One of the triggers for my husband's PTSD is explosions.
This year, we thought he would be ok to go to a family BBQ with a small fireworks display afterwards. Not thinking much more about it, we went on with our week after the 4th. Boy were things rough! The fighting, anger, arguing escalated quickly. It took me all week asking myself what happened, what have we done different to trigger this outburst of anger. THEN it hit me! I felt so stupid! What was supposed to be a great day of family and friends (and it was) had left behind an aftermath of nightmares, anger, outbursts and fights.
It is now 10 days later and things have settled back to a tollerable level. It just goes to show that with PTSD, we can NEVER stop watching for possible trigers.
We once again made it through a rough patch I was really wondering about.
If your family is struggling with PTSD, please, please find a counselor that knows PTSD you all can talk with. It helps so much!
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