The Waves: How to Live With Your Partners PTSD
b'On this week\\u2019s episode of The Waves, Slate senior editor Shannon Palus sits down with writer and political scientist Virginia Eubanks. They talk about Virginia\\u2019s New York Times magazine essay , \\u201cHis PTSD, and My Struggle to Live With It,\\u201d and how the condition is more widespread than most people realize, even as terms like \\u201ctrauma\\u201d and \\u201ctriggered\\u201d are tossed around cavalierly.\\xa0Later in the show, they talk about why you shouldn\\u2019t give unsolicited advice to people living with PTSD\\u2014and what kind of support caregivers of people with PTSD really need.\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\nIn Slate Plus: Why Virginia wanted to write her New York Times essay,\\xa0and whether the COVID-19 pandemic is, technically speaking, a traumatic event.\\xa0\\n\\nFurther Recommended Reading:\\nWhat to Say When Someone Tells You They\\u2019re Chronically Ill by Rachel Meeks\\nIrritable Hearts: A PTSD Love Story by Gabriel Mac\\n\\nPodcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Shannon Palus, Daisy Rosario and Alicia Montgomery.\\nSend your comments and recommendations on what to cover to thewaves@slate.com\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'