Troy, I think his reaction was over the top...and maybe because your telling of the stories triggered something in him!

I know how it is to begin a story then it's like you're right back there and it just keeps going, like there is no "good" place to stop telling the story!

If they don't want to hear it, then they need to learn not to ask! It has nothing to do with you.

You're overreacting to his reaction, ok? It's part of PTSD to overreact, though it seems like a normal reaction to you, for you...and it is "normal for ptsd!"



Telling the stories over and over doesn't seem to work after debriefing, once you already have ptsd... unless it is with a therapist who fully understands ptsd (or others who also can help you process it, by giving support_... otherwise we risk retraumatizing ourselves too... going over and over and over the stuff just doesn't seem to retrain the brain what to do with those memories...but can with a T can help us learn how to file them correctly.