My wife and I are both combat veterans and we thought we'd be each other's best support system but our triggers seem to set each other off in ways we can't predict and we're starting to avoid being vulnerable with each other entirely. We both know isolation makes everything worse but honest communication feels like walking through a minefield.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people with trauma are discovering that shared understanding doesn't automatically create safe intimacy.
“Where Are You with PTSD and trauma?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.