https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/supporting-family-and-friends/supporting-someone-with-ptsd/m-p/426345#M13153 <P>hello Static Rose</P> <P>could you perhaps have a sit down with them and let them know how their actions are affecting you? sometimes people dont know they are abit over bearing until you explain to them that they are. </P> <P>maybe suggest to him that seeking some help for themselves would be a good idea? Their GP can help with supports and also refer him to psychologists and psychiatrists as well. </P> <P>hope this helps abit..</P> <P> </P> Fri, 06 Jul 2018 05:54:33 GMT startingnew 2018-07-06T05:54:33Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/supporting-family-and-friends/supporting-someone-with-ptsd/m-p/426344#M13152 Living with a person who has PTSD he is a retired cop from WA. do you have any suggestions about what I can to help him as he keeps ringing all the time and won't basically leave us alone to live by ourselves. Fri, 06 Jul 2018 02:31:25 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/supporting-family-and-friends/supporting-someone-with-ptsd/m-p/426344#M13152 StaticRose51 2018-07-06T02:31:25Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/supporting-family-and-friends/supporting-someone-with-ptsd/m-p/426345#M13153 <P>hello Static Rose</P> <P>could you perhaps have a sit down with them and let them know how their actions are affecting you? sometimes people dont know they are abit over bearing until you explain to them that they are. </P> <P>maybe suggest to him that seeking some help for themselves would be a good idea? Their GP can help with supports and also refer him to psychologists and psychiatrists as well. </P> <P>hope this helps abit..</P> <P> </P> Fri, 06 Jul 2018 05:54:33 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/supporting-family-and-friends/supporting-someone-with-ptsd/m-p/426345#M13153 startingnew 2018-07-06T05:54:33Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/supporting-family-and-friends/supporting-someone-with-ptsd/m-p/426346#M13154 <G class="gr_ gr_18 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" id="18" data-gr-id="18">oh</G> he knows alright that his actions make others uncomfortable he is just wanting to stay because he gets support and can be toxic to other people we care about. What helps with this? I have have had to separate my friends from his and this is getting to be exhausting. Sun, 08 Jul 2018 01:55:14 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/supporting-family-and-friends/supporting-someone-with-ptsd/m-p/426346#M13154 StaticRose51 2018-07-08T01:55:14Z https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/supporting-family-and-friends/supporting-someone-with-ptsd/m-p/426347#M13155 <P>i can imagine how exhausting it is StaticRose, im sorry i dont have any other suggestions though. hopefully some others will...</P> <P> </P> Sun, 08 Jul 2018 06:36:05 GMT https://forums.beyondblue.org.au/t5/supporting-family-and-friends/supporting-someone-with-ptsd/m-p/426347#M13155 startingnew 2018-07-08T06:36:05Z