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My oldest [son] has definitely learned to watch for daddy's triggers.

Crystal Lindsey, Wife of a Veteran with PTSD, talks about how PTSD affected her family.

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My two boys both want to be Marines, even though

they know what Daddy's been through and everything.

If you ask my boys what they want to be,

they want to be Marines when they get big.

So, he's learned, my oldest has definitely learned

to watch for Daddy's triggers.

He learned how to walk on eggshells, too.

And now, I told him, I said,

"You can't walk on eggshells anymore, we can't do that.

That's not fair to us, and that's not fair to Daddy

to always have to walk around and be afraid to piss him off.

So, if you piss him off, buddy, sorry.

We're going to have to just take that.

And know that he's not, it's not you he's mad at,

it's more he can't control the anger right now."

And so, but my sons definitely learned what,

to kind of just be careful.

And you can, my husbands's one of those people that

you can tell just by body language and his vibe

if he's upset or if he's angry.

And so, you've kind of just, my sons learned,

definitely, to watch for those signs.

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