Advice for my father who suffers from PTSD

[Zol]

So... my father suffers from PTSD as he is a former soldier.
he has been going though some tought times with my mother, constantly arguing yada yada and he doesnt want to open up to anyone besides me, but thats a challenge in itself. he went to see a psychologist a few weeks back and he didnt even talk about the issue at hand and only did it to make me happy (according to my sister anyway)
he doesnt ask for helparound the house and then blames everyone else for not doing everything despite the fact we keep him alive in the first place, and he used to be abusive because "he cant control his anger" which is outright garbage, however he has stopped such behaviour when i turned 17 (18 next january and im much bigger then him) but to my udnerstanding he still yells at my mother and sister when im out.
What can i do to help him and what course of action should i take?

[Doolhof]

Hi Zol,

Welcome to the community here. If you don't mind me asking, has your father served in the forces overseas? Maybe there are some issues he is really struggling to deal with. Maybe you could telephone the Beyond Blue support team on 1300 22 4636. There may be some kind of support you can connect with to help your father.

Is your father still seeing the psychologist?

Are there some kind of supports your mother and sister can connect with as well to help them better understand what is happening for your father right now? Are they safe in the home when you are not there?

Is there an opportunity for you to all try and calmly talk through what some of the issues are and find solutions?

Wishing you all the best from Dools

[Greg49]

Hello Zol, I am a veteran Ex RAAFie 1967-76 and have PTSD it destroyed all my relationships. What state do you live? I am on a TPI fought DVA for over 20 years before I got it. Anger is a major symptom of PTSD and suicide can happen out of the blue. I might be able to neither put your father in touch with veteran services has he a white or gold DVA card. He can get free mental health treatment through DVA more about that later. Their is a online support 24/7 group for wives of veterans its call Partners of Veterans, and if the children are still living at home they can get free counselling services with Open Arms a DVA group.

[Greg49]

Sorry Zol, you should find these website better for the family support, https://www.pva.org.au/

https://www.openarms.gov.au/

Hope these help,

Greg