Hello guys I want to share this because i don’t know what to do nor where to start looking for help. My boyfriend is 20 years old and he witnessed one of his best friends get hit by a semi and pass away on the spot, few months later he blacked out for the first time and by that I mean started breathing heavy, hyperventilating, acting like he was going to throw up but didn’t, started sweating, and cried historically talking about “it should of been me” or “why did he have to leave” talking about his friend. When he snapped out of it he had a major headache and did not remember anything. We talk about it and he claimed that during his blackout he doesn’t remember anything but the whole time he’s out he replies over and over that moment his friend got killed. The blackouts are more often now, but I feel like they have gotten worse now when he blacks out he gets physical with me, he talks about wanting to “go home” “go see his friend” he talks as if he wants to him hisself. We have talked to a therapist about what he’s experiencing but I don’t believe it’s helped, we don’t know if he has PTSD from that experience. I want advice on what to do, what it could be, who to talk to.

I feel that his blackouts only happen when he’s really stressed or he’s feeling sad or depressed.