A quote about PTSD and its impact on the individual sufferer's ability to receive support from those around him or her:
"Social support is a powerful protective factor (Brewin,
Andrews & Valentine, 2000) that includes the capacity of an individual to
accept or utilize social support when it is made available (Benight &
Bandura, 2004). This may be especially problematic in PTSD where symptoms such
as avoidance, alienation and detachment impair affected individuals from
benefiting from available marital, family, and social support."
Source: Oxford Handbook of Anxiety and Related Disorders, by Martin M. Antony, Murray B. Stein, linked here.
