Website or book recommendations for partners

[EB]

Hello Everyone

I was diagnosed with c-ptsd earlier last year at age 63
It was obvious-I've been dealing with it forever.
I'm married almost 40 years and my partner and I are looking for appropriate websites or books for partners of folks living with c-ptsd.
Any suggestions???
Thanks in advance

[SenseOrgan]

Welcome here EB.
For me, reading Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker was a watershed moment. I highly recommend starting there. Also for partners. Especially knowing what an emotional flashback means can be helpful to understand what the other person is going through. If you're looking for sources that are aimed at support for partners, I honestly don't know a single one. I think that isn't covered yet.

Good luck!

[Kizzie]

Here's a book you might find useful EB. I haven't read it but it sounds good and got a 4.6/5 rating on GoodReads:

Moving On After Trauma: A Guide for Survivors, Family and Friends by Michael J. Scott

The effects of extreme trauma can continue to be emotionally devastating. Moving On After Trauma offers hope, providing survivors, family members and friends with a roadmap for managing emotional, relationship, physical and legal obstacles to recovery. Dr Scott details examples of the strategies used by twenty characters who have recovered and the survivor (with or without the help of a family member, friend or counsellor) is encouraged to identify with one or more of them and follow in their footsteps.

[EB]

Thanks Sense Organ and Kizzie.
I'll look into both of those.
Mostly it's do partner better understands my inner experiences.
'Cause, gosh I always look together on the outside.

[Chart]

Hi EB, perhaps you could suggest to your partner to have a look at this forum. It is open to everyone to read. To post your need to register, but just reading through some of the recovery journals might give your partner a deeper insight into what Cptsd is and how different people are currently coping with it.
This is an interesting thread that seems applicable:
https://www.cptsd.org/forum/index.php?topic=13689.0
All the best, chart