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True Life: What Romantic Relationships Are Like When You Have PTSD
The content below was sourced from real posts on the Whisper app, the largest online community where people anonymously share real thoughts and feelings. Join the community to continue the conversation today. Relationships are a lot of work and come with their fair share of ups and downs. This is especially true when you are struggling with PTSD. Post-traumatic stress disorder affects plenty of people. Whether it's due to military time or abuse, it only makes your life harder. Sometimes the symptoms get in the way of romantic relationships and these people know it all too well. Ahead are their powerful and honest confessions. This is what romantic relationships are really like when you're haunted by PTSD.

He needs to be more sensitive.

1
My boyfriend gets frustrated when I don't feel like having sex. We may need to breakup. If he can't be sensitive to the fact that I was raped, maybe I can't do this anymore either.

From:
Excelsior

It complicates intimacy.

2
My ptsd makes me freak the f**k out over sex so I stopped dating. I'm scared I'll be alone forever.

From:
Somewhere

It's not always personal.

3
My boyfriend triggered my ptsd for the first time since we've been dating. It was the worst. I know he didn't mean to, but I feel like I need space now.

From:
Somewhere

Such a bummer.

4
It breaks my heart that I've found an awesome man that I share a bond with, but my PTSD makes a physical relationship impossible. That part of me is just... gone.

From:
Los Angeles, California, US

Better to have loved and lost or never loved at all? That is the question.

5
My boyfriend left me because of my PTSD, even though I told him about it before we started dating and what it does to me. It's so hard to trust people. I wish we never dated.

From:
Richland, Washington, US

:(

6
I thought I had my PTSD under control but now it’s back and ruining my life and my marriage. I’ve hurt my wife so much and she no longer wants me. I cant deal with this anymore

From:
Fayetteville, North Carolina, US

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