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The hardest thing about living with somebody that has PTSD
would probably just be understanding
where they're coming from
because sometimes it can seem like they're acting irrationally
or the things they're saying are, you know...
I sometimes find myself wondering,
"Why would my wife think that that's odd,
or that that's over the top, or that that's, whatever?"
Just trying to understand that person
and recognize that there are other things at play.
And my wife in particular, she has agoraphobia,
she has anxiety, and she has panic attacks,
so she has several different things.
I don't think there's one particular thing
I could point to that's difficult.
All those things combined do make it more difficult,
but overall, we just try to work past what we can
and come to a mutual understanding that certain things
have to be this way, and that's just the way it is.
But yeah, and I think if you can do that,
you definitely lessen the effects of the PTSD
on yourself as a family member.