Can't Remember, thanks for the comment. I had wondered if I reminded him- we'll call him E- of that time in his life. I don't have PTSD, and although I feel I can understand where people with this are coming from as much as someone without PTSD can, I don't personally know what it's like to have it. So, I don't know exactly what that feels like, I can just imagine. Yet, I do know that feeling things can be scary, even when they're positive feelings, because it's scary even for me. I think that's why I automatically block out some emotions, why I consciously try to block others, and why I have tried for awhile to avoid getting too close to people. I also think it explains some of the anger issues I used to have. I know E and I had problems in our personal relationship, but I wonder sometimes how much of a hand the PTSD played in causing him to stop talking to me altogether because I know his PTSD was "acting up" around that time, so to speak. Anyway, thank you for the support and information.
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