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Originally Posted by mugwort2
My partner is diagnosed with Asperger syndrome and Bipolar disorder. He said he became bipolar about 20 or so years ago with some traumatic experiences. One he was mugged at gunpoint. secondly some years ago he was mistaken for an armed bank robber and arrested. In fact he told me a swat team went looking for him. He was handcuffed behind his back for twenty minutes. The way he got out of his predictament is the cops checked for tattoos. The real robber was tattood. There were no tattoos on my partner's body. He still talks about this terrifying incident. He still gets upset talking about it. I suspect he'd PTSD
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I'd also get upset if I were still thinking about an incident like this from 20 years ago. He was clearly terrified and what happened to him was unfair. How does he feel about law enforcement now? Is he amenable to finding someone who can help him move past? I'd be very careful about therapy in this situation too. It can do more harm than good. It depends a lot on match with the person doing therapy and what the person in therapy wants to accomplish.