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PTSD definitely took a toll on my marriage.
It's difficult to work on personal issues inside
of a relationship and it's really difficult too
to explain those things and explain those experiences
to somebody that wasn't there and has never experienced
that kind of a life experience I guess.
Never in the military, never, so for her to try and understand.
I didn't actually get with her
until after I was out of the military.
So a lot of the stuff she didn't understand.
And a lot of the issues that I was having with alcohol,
with all sorts of other addictions and with outbursts
of anger and not being able to sleep
and not being a very stable person, there's a lot of things
that she didn't understand and had a hard time understanding.
And at the same point, I wasn't necessarily the most
understanding person myself, so it makes it really tough to be
in a relationship and be able to work on those kind of issues.
And so yeah, it definitely took a huge toll on my marriage.