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My husband was the one that told me...

Wanda Pegues, US Army 2003 - 2005, talks about how her PTSD affected her loved ones.

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My husband was the one that told me that I might need

to seek help because I was going through crying spells.

Everything that came up that was like negative I would cry.

I was so sensitive.

I was so emotional.

I was so short patience and that was not me.

And my husband reminded me that it was a process that I had

to go through and I didn't have to go through it alone.

And I resented my husband.

I resented.

I felt that he was not trying to understand me, not realizing

that he could only, he was limited

to how much he could understand

because my husband is not prior military,

and I withdrew from my husband.

I did. I felt like that was the last thing

that I needed to hear.

After I withdrew from him, I felt all alone.

I felt like this was my partner, this was my mate

and if he didn't understand me, who's gonna understand me?

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