May 2010 - PTSD: A Soldier’s Perspective

Published Sat, May 22 2010 11:55 AM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Sentencing Alternatives for Veterans

One county over from where I live, there is a special Veterans Court which offers a second chance to current and retired service members who commit crimes while struggling with war-related psychological wounds, notably PTSD and traumatic brain injuries...

Published Sat, May 22 2010 8:07 AM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: therapy, crime

Reality Check

Have you ever had to do a reality check? Of course, you have who hasn't? Well, the kind of reality checks I had to 'check in from' back in the day, well lest just say that the ones where you actually wake up in another reality and then have...

Published Wed, May 12 2010 3:41 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: PTSD

The Tidal Forces of PTSD

PASP's Response to Associated Press's "PTSD is Real, PTSD Fraud is Not" AP say's: Department of Homeland Security. "They'd rather pay and chase." Referring to whether or not, we combat veterans, would ever fucking run...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 5:13 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: PTSD, malinger

I Am Rated 30% Service-Connected Disability for PTSD Due to Combat

38 C.F.R. § 4.130, DC 9411 GENERAL RATING FORMULA FOR MENTAL DISORDERS: 30% Service-Connected PTSD ( Vietnam Veterans of America ), Occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 8:08 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Check the Facks, wounded Warrior Care Project, service-connected compensation

PASP(1)™ Resource Seal of Approval: Book Review--The Haunted Self

A page burner from the cutting edge theorists on traumatology... Structural Dissociation of the Personality The leading theorists on the subject recognize that reactions to extreme stress can lead to one or more differing diagnosis, and that inherent...

Published Sat, May 22 2010 9:00 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: defensive mechanism, dissociative spectrum, Combat Values Theory, complex PTSD, Structural Dissociation, Books

PASP(1)™ Resource Seal of Approval: The Augusta Model--Blueprint to Address the Problem--

Blueprint to Address the Problem I believe that there is a model of treatment for Combat Stress is here now in the community. Well, thats what I would like to say but that is not the reality of the situation as it stands on the grounds stateside. The...

Published Sat, May 22 2010 10:54 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Barriers to Care, What to do If..., reintegration, multiple deployments, Puppies Behind Bars, Check the Facks, wounded Warrior Care Project, PASP(1) Seal of Approval

A War Zone in Emmonak Alaska?

Joshua Saul reports , Spring comes late to Emmonak, a muddy village of 800 on the Yukon River delta not far from the Bering Sea. About 85 military veterans live in "Emo," and on Monday a crew of volunteers flew 500 miles from Wasilla to make...

Published Fri, May 21 2010 2:01 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Barriers to Care, veterans, Emmonak Alaskan Veterans

What A ***!

Angry commenter ( pissed I'd say you fucking pukes who willfully failed this man who served you without question! ), I posted here sometimes last year about my Marine son being in jail for Domestic Violence and his girl being angry because he messed...

Published Fri, May 21 2010 2:35 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Barriers to Care, Check the Facks

Castrated Hearts

Press Release US Military Veterans of all branches, eras and backgrounds are represented in Castrated Hearts: People Traumatized Shouldering Darkness, a collection of poems and photographs written by veterans which depict the experience of military acquired...

Published Mon, May 24 2010 9:01 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Books

Check the Facts About Combat PTSD

The CSRA Wounded Warrior Care Project needs funding to spread throughout the country to aid the soldier and veteran who needs the most urgent care. In your neighborhood a combat mentally disabled veterans needs your help, she has been lost in an alien...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 4:05 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Check the Facks, wounded Warrior Care Project

My Army was Not Your Army and I Thank God for That, PASP(1)

PASP(1) is operated by Scott A. Lee, Editor in Chief. Blogger, student of social work with a unique perspective on Combat PTSD. As a Gulf War I veteran, I fought the Iraqi Republican Guard in three campaigns within 100 hours of sustained combat, after...

Published Sat, May 15 2010 12:02 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: PASP(1)

Malinger My Ass

ma·lin·ger (m -l ng g r) intr.v. ma·lin·gered , ma·lin·ger·ing , ma·lin·gers To feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty or work. [From French malingre , sickly .] My perspective of this comes from people of 'high' education still...

Published Sat, May 15 2010 2:13 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: malinger

The Father & Son Perspective's

My son and I talk about some our his and mine shared memories that we have never spoken about. Edited somewhat... he needs no introduction ... Anthony said... Well I am the son of Scott A. Lee, and the person mentioned above is a moron. I've lived...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 9:59 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: A Son's Perspective

Yellow Ribboned Nooses

Hello everyone! Just recently got an invite to participate in this awesome blog! I guess I should start by introducing who I am. I am a 34 year old Army Reservist wife, FRG leader for my husband's unit, Mother of three boys, official peace keeper...

Published Mon, May 24 2010 11:50 AM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective