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The most important thing for a family member,
both the patient or the person with PTSD and the spouse,
is to keep lines of communication open.
One of the things that Jim does that is helpful to me
is that he will say after an episode -- and I'm talking about
something that's directed at me, not a bad dream --
he will say to me, "I am sorry, my PTSD has just kicked in."
And then we walk away, and he gets himself under control,
and I get my hurt feelings out of the way,
and then we come back.
The key to it for both the patient, the person with PTSD,
or me, the wife, or the children, is communication.
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