How are adopted people? and PTSD

Postby sssssaidthesnake » Sat Jun 30, 2012 4:16 pm

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I dated a guy about a year ago who had some interesting problems, he was adopted first of all and he fought in the Army where he got PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder)

Well, most of our relationship consisted of facebook messages (even though he lives close by) i mean we did some fun things together but, just not enough for me, he works a lot too. But the fb mesages were part of the reason i decided to stop seeing him, also he would only come over when my parents were out of town. And we had trouble communicating, I did not know how he felt about me because he NEVER talked about his feeling since or opened up to me at all, he would not even respond to emotional comments or questions i made, (and yes I was always calm during all of our conversations)
I just did not know how he felt about me at all. Like i did not know if he liked me as a girlfriend or if he was using me for sex or what.
Very hard to read person

Anyways, after I broke up with him,, he messaged me on facebook and told me that he threw my christmas present in the dumpster. then a couple of weeks later (on FB) he told me that he present was a really nice mountain bike that he went into great trouble to get for me and that he customized totally and did a really neat paint job on. It was a very long message.

Ever since he told me that I cant stop thinking about him, He is like an obsession. all i do is think about him and feel really bad about what happened. We no longer talk on FB. so thats good.

it has been about a half a year since i bitched him out on face book

My question is, how and why am i obsessing over this?
is it because im just really good person?
is it because i could have had some thing with him maybe and i blew it?
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Postby Candid » Sun Jul 01, 2012 6:30 am

Only you know the answer to that, although from what you've said I suspect you're not in the running for sainthood.

That leaves "i could have had some thing with him maybe and i blew it", which seems much more likely -- but it isn't your fault.

PTSD is a joy-destroying state of mind that makes its victims behave in very peculiar ways. If you're interested, do some reading up about the symptoms and behaviours.

I doubt you could have helped him; that's a job for the professionals. I hope for his sake that he's getting suitable help.
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