PTSD and intimacy

[Ganjababy]

Does anyone on here have PTSD (linked to sexual abuse/rape) and in a relationship?

If so how do you maintain your relationship/cope?

 

[Fine 4s]

What does relationship cope mean?

 

[Ganjababy]

Sex and the man hugging up on you all the time you feel like running away but you love him. Hate being intimate. But at the same time you don't want to run him off. Finding a middle ground.

What does relationship cope mean?

I'm asking for a friend..............

 

[Fine 4s]

I'm asking for a friend..............

That would be me but I'm not sure about the PTSD though....

 

[MamitaLolita]

I tell them about it when I am ready. Most men are very supportive and understanding. But if you do suffer from PTSD where the point that you fear intimacy, the best point is to seek help from a counselor of sorts. It took me awhile and everyone reacts differently to trauma which is why individual care is necessary. Its been years and I still suffer PTSD but when I am with a partner that I trust and care about I don't have any issues with intimacy at all.