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Just keeps getting better (NOT!) It's never a good sign when the marriage counselor stops sessions because he doesn't see any forward progression on one side and the spouse is a depressed Caretaker.

How about some background info. My other half served along the DMZ in Vietnam by order of the draft. Once he returned home he never looked back again. Probably the only person that didn't drink, swear, still a virgin, no drugs, and never smoked-squeeky clean. Lived life had children, got...

I have posted a few times. Hoping there's some amazing spiritual intervention somewhere to stop this downhill train.

No. Been meeting with a couples therapist who was speechless.

I pray and pray but each day his short term memory seems to be fading. No affection, no caring, no real interaction except for a blow up here or there. Counseling just seems to show how bad it really is. When asked how he feels about our 40 year marriage, he doesn't care. Doesn't care about...

In a moments notice everything changes. It will never be the same again. How to remain steadfast.....

PTSD is a constant and meds don't help much. He gets mad if I remind him to take his meds so he doesn't doesn't have seizures (from TBI) and won't take them as instructed. I keep praying and hoping he will suddenly appear, but no. He never raised his voice ever and now he even yells at the tv...

Hour after hour, day after day you pray that God will just let your spouse live and remember you and the life you have built. You sit, eat, sleep, and love them with all your heart but it doesn't seem to matter. The only emotional comfort happens when you make it happen. There are no smiles...

Life before TBI is nothing like life afterwards. The person you fell in love with and built a life with is gone. You are not suppose to compare your pre and post TBI. You know things will be different but NOT EVERY SINGLE PART! **Admin note: Traumatic Brain Injury**