Thread: Why Date Someone Who Is Ill?
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Old 23-02-2008, 08:20 AM
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Anthony and I had a discussion about this topic last night and the following points came up:
  • When you initially start dating someone you do not see them all the time which gives a PTSD suffer the opportunity to hide the full extent of their illness if they so choose.
  • Knowing someone has PTSD and then reading about it still doesn't give a person a true understanding of what they are getting themselves into.
  • People sometimes get confused with 'supporting' and 'fixing'.
  • Define untreated....there are varying levels of PTSD. What happens if someone has PTSD and doesn't know it at the point when they start dating someone?
  • Say a suffer starts dating and is fine and finding the situation enjoyable then the relationship takes the next step where the other persons has greater expectations eg. "Can you drop in the shop and get me milk on the way over" and that added stress triggers the PTSD suffer?
There is more I would like to discuss as I found this an interesting topic. Unfortunately work calls........
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