Here is what I wonder: how do you get yourself into situations with volatile people? For example, what possessed you to live in your dad's condo? How did you overlook the fact that your roommate was cruel to your dog?

In asking how you made these what sound like questionable if not unfortunate choices that threw you in with difficult people, I would wonder if and how they are connected to the events of the past that brought about your PTSD and SI. I do not label you or blame you in any way. I just ask with interest and compassion that you think about how you came several times, apparently, to land yourself in situations where you and your dog were mistreated and had to fight your way out.

Looking back: how much did you sense the red flags but ignore them? --versus-- How much did miss the red flags entirely? I expect that your perceptions and decisions go back in a significant way to the PTSD, codependency, and whatever happened to create these conditions and behaviors in you.

Have you the opportunity to discuss these questions with a T?

(((((seesaw)))))