Helpful Things To Say To Someone With Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ~

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3 min readJul 17, 2017

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People don’t know what to say sometimes.

When I got my ‘diagnosis’ of PTSD recently it felt so liberating and relieving but my boyfriend is more of a ‘buck it up!’ type of person and I don’t think he felt the same relief. I think he felt a bit — -unhappy about it.

Michelle Monet

Written by Michelle Monet

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Musician. Author. Poet. Seeker. Currently writing showbiz memoir and Broadway style Musical. Contact me at 1020monet@gmail.com

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