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<blockquote data-quote="cow pollinater" data-source="post: 1171081" data-attributes="member: 14661"><p>I've started to reply a couple of times but don't feel good about it... I'm not a vet so I can't really speak into your life much. It pains me to hear about the non-physical lasting effects of war.</p><p>That being said, my wife has PTSD from her exceptionally abusive childhood. When we dated I never saw any sign that there was anything other than a wonderful person with a healthy past. It took a few years of us being married for the demons to start coming out of the closet. </p><p>In short, what I have learned in helping my wife along the path to being genuinely at peace with a past that can't be changed is that the brain will shut out all emotion that isn't conducive to survival in high stress situations. Since emotions are part of the experience it HAS to deal with them but it files them away and brings them out in bits and pieces when we are not in fight or flight mode so that we can make peace with the emotional parts a little at a time so that it's not so overwhelming. For my wife, being married to me gave her enough stability that her brain was able to start coping with past memories that she had filed away without even realizing it... Really tough on me, but healthy for her. :nod: </p><p>I'm hoping that such is the case here. Maybe your brain knows that you're on steady enough ground that it can deal with some stuff it's been hiding from you. That's a good healthy thing. :nod:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cow pollinater, post: 1171081, member: 14661"] I've started to reply a couple of times but don't feel good about it... I'm not a vet so I can't really speak into your life much. It pains me to hear about the non-physical lasting effects of war. That being said, my wife has PTSD from her exceptionally abusive childhood. When we dated I never saw any sign that there was anything other than a wonderful person with a healthy past. It took a few years of us being married for the demons to start coming out of the closet. In short, what I have learned in helping my wife along the path to being genuinely at peace with a past that can't be changed is that the brain will shut out all emotion that isn't conducive to survival in high stress situations. Since emotions are part of the experience it HAS to deal with them but it files them away and brings them out in bits and pieces when we are not in fight or flight mode so that we can make peace with the emotional parts a little at a time so that it's not so overwhelming. For my wife, being married to me gave her enough stability that her brain was able to start coping with past memories that she had filed away without even realizing it... Really tough on me, but healthy for her. :nod: I'm hoping that such is the case here. Maybe your brain knows that you're on steady enough ground that it can deal with some stuff it's been hiding from you. That's a good healthy thing. :nod: [/QUOTE]
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