Hi,

My name is Donna & I am the spouse of a disabled Army Airborne Ranger.
Ranger has PTSD a medium case I guess you would call it, but debilitating none the less, he can't work as anything can 'trigger" him and he is on a lot of medications for pain as well as PTSD.

Sounds to me like maybe yr husband is "afraid" to sleep-- like maybe he is having night terrors of things that happened over there. Sights, sounds, smells, other things can be "triggers" that cause him to be or get upset. I have read a lot about the kids being "targets" & "victims" because the enemy knows we don't want to hurt women & kids, so they do.
If he has any "kills" of his own, that may tie into some of his stress (PTSD).
If you could get him to talk to some fellow soldiers or better yet some veterans maybe they could encourage him to get help, or like a group therapy.
It does sound like he does not want to "appear weak" after all he is a soldier. They are not encouraged to be anything but rough tough and invinceable...They train for years for some of the things they do so that it comes as naturally to them as their name does when ask. They are NOT trained to come home to us...
It is not easy to deal with them sometimes, but they really do need us to be there for them and love them (in some cases they don't feel worthy of love).

Sorry for going on so... I wish you well and your family.
Venting is a great help and we all can do that on this forum as well as get a lot of imput from others...I have received a lot of help, just knowing I am not alone and that others deal with situations much worse than my husbands & mine...

HUGS

Donna