Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

[Guest LouisT]

After years of observing so many similarities in the attitudes that we deal with our situations with that keep us pinned in and bitter, I thought to just offer an article I wrote some years back that some professionals have borrowed.

Many basic things apply but not everything, just needing to realize the power of forgiveness to free both us and the other we may fault for our bitterness and confusion. Healing of attitudes and wounds did not begin until forgiveness began, that is the start of a new beginning.

The word document can not be uploaded as attachment so have to just give the storage link to read that way.

http://www.box.net/shared/static/0dlz82y8sw.PTSD

[Guest Just_Call_Me_Nick]

(click...click...click..no...that dont' work...click...shoot...nope)

ok can someone please instruct me on how to open this document here...I would really like to read it...

I hate being computer illiterate some times....grrr ok I hate it all the time...

Nick~

[Guest o0tg0o]

uhh...yeah.... what's a ....PTSD file.. hmmmm....

[Guest SharleahLynn]

I have never had the displeasure of PTSD, but I have some friends that do have it . I can honestly say that it is not a pretty site when someone suffers an episode . It angers me severely to see this happen to good people I wish there was a cure for it . ....... SharleahLynn

[Guest Eck]

I have severe and chronic PTSD from serving in Kuwait in the Desert Storm days. Nightmares, flashbacks, avoidance, anxiety, isolation, fear...it's all there. I have the best doctor I could ever have, though. He served in Vietnam and has PTSD. He's learned to control it and is a great psychiatrist. I don't know if the VA has referred you to medical help for this or not, or if you deal with the VA even (if you don't, I sure know why!), but the appropriate medications with some psychotherapy would be a good start. I don't think it ever goes away completely, but it keeps you from commiting suicide, so it's definitely a step in the right direction for everybody involved. I'm sorry to hear that you have PTSD, but there is help out there. PTSD is becoming much more recognized by the military and the VA (they can't just ignore thousands of us). Hope this helps.

Eck

[Sally]

Long, long ago very shortly after the Viet-Nam war, late seventies, I think, my parents and I were in a small family restaraunt when a man, a vet, in a wheel chair suddenly had a severe episode aparently a rather vivid flash back.

You could tell that this man, who had been wounded in the war, was back in the thick of battle, possibly even the one that had cost him his leg - he began to shout and tried to get out of his chair to dive under the table.

The staff reacted very quickly, he was a regular, and they talked calmly to him and took him outside into the sunshine and two of them stayed with him helping him to return to the present.

I was startled at first, who wouldn't be, but as I looked around the room, most of the people seemed angry that he had ruined their meals.

I couldn't help but wonder what he was reliving and how horrible it must have been, but most people are to self absorbed to really think about anything but their own comfort.

Love ya,

Sally

[Guest Pól]

Hey Louis,

When I click on the link, it says: "This shared file or folder has been removed." I'd really like to read the article though. Can you copy and paste it, or something?

Thanks,

Pól

[Guest Gina9223]

Its kinda funny. I have PTSD, but its not from my military service. Its from constant harassment, abuse and assaults and also sexual abuse and sexual assaults from age 10 to 19.

If a guy is wearing Old Spice walks up behind me and grabs me for any reason I have a very disturbing flashback. I can’t help it, I always jerk away and …. Well, its just bad for me.

Yeah I had bad experiances in the Navy, but nothing as bad as growing up different.