Mate, thanks for the support and kind words, but honestly, everyone here that acts in this community helps one another, so it really is a community effort. Kim is fixing herself, not so much anything we are doing, but more what she is doing for herself. We provide the support, the information and techniques that are known to work and be helpful, then how each person uses them, is up to them, and whether they proactively want to make themselves better or not.

Its great that you can see a broader understanding of Kims issues, especially in others posts here, and that its certainly not your fault, and I think you need a huge amount of credit for the support and love you give Kim. Spouses are very much forgotten in PTSD, and spouses like yourself mate, are few and far between, especially as males. Most run for the hills and ditch, but you have really supported your wife well, and I think you have done a brilliant job yourself. Well done.

It will certainly take Kim a little while to fully come to terms with it all, but each person is different in recovery times for the worst part of things, and if we stick to the positives, we always win eventually. Your support would be a huge effort in Kim's recovery though... and I would say most likely the most significant part of her recovery, and your continued support will only ensure her recovery a speedy race to the finish line.

Its often so hard for us with PTSD to express to our partners, whether male or female, what exactly is going on within us, as it is like a cement mixer combined with a timebomb, mixing, mixing, mixing, waiting to explode at any minute, then when we do, we go back to mixing again.

Mate, you have done a great job though, and you have one hell of a wife for wanting to get herself past the final stages of her PTSD to live a better life with you. Congratulations to you both I say. So many relationships end before any resolution or even diagnosis comes around, and those like you who continue to remain together and fight through as a pair, deserve more credit than you know. It is a tough road PTSD, and it is a tough road as a spouse to be with someone with PTSD. Well done.