Most people that struggle with PTSD feel no one in their family or group of friends will understand or comfort them in a validating way.

My T says PTSD is the failure to forget, people who don't have PTSD do not understand that and typically insist the person struggling "forgets it and "just" gets over it", they do not understand that is just what the person struggling wants themselves.

Yes, there is "sadness, overwhelm, and fear" with PTSD, you are not alone with that challenge.

((Hugs))