July 2010 - PTSD: A Soldier’s Perspective

Combat Veterans and Trigger Cues

Image via Wikipedia In a combat zone we look for regular angles in an irregular environment; the child holding a cell phone is, according to the law of probability, a death threat. At home these kind of distorted thinking patterns can become debilitating...

Published Fri, Jul 09 2010 1:14 PM by PTSD, A Soldiers Perspective

Filed under: Combat Values Theory, triggers, combatPTSDnews

Scott Lee on America's Web Radio Tomorrow Morning with Michael Orban

LIVE INTERNET RADIO MILITARY PTSD EXPOSED Log on to listen live www.americaswebradio.com Guest Gulf War Combat Veteran and Veterans Issues Examiner Scott Lee Hosted by Army Combat Veteran Michael S. Orban Wednesday June 30 at 11:00am eastern Same day...

Published Tue, Jul 06 2010 7:32 PM by PTSD, A Soldiers Perspective

Filed under: Interviews, combatPTSDnews, Radio

Mailbox Question and Answer Time

After the many emails over the weekend, I was somewhat surprised at the questions you ladies asked! I want to remind you I don't have all the answers nor do I pretend to know them. I am not a PTSD expert/doctor and can only answer based on what I...

Published Tue, Jul 06 2010 8:13 AM by PTSD, A Soldiers Perspective

Scott Lee Goes Live in California KFJC 89.7: We're Gonna Blow Your Mind

My first interview ever! Almost two years ago I had an interview with a beginning reporter...no telling what you will hear on this show that is dubbed "Blowing Minds Since 1959" Interview with Lorianne May out of Cali...It starts in 24 minutes...

Published Mon, Jul 05 2010 5:40 PM by PTSD, A Soldiers Perspective

Filed under: combatPTSDnews, Radio

Realities of Coming Home From Combat

This post is reproduced with my husband's permission from his blog One Veteran's Battle . Every soldier whose been in combat cannot help but to be changed for life. It may be surprising to know, the veteran believes everything will be OK, that...

Published Mon, Jul 05 2010 2:08 PM by PTSD, A Soldiers Perspective

Filed under: relationships, family, Alcohol, Depression, malinger my ass, anxiety

Pot Might Ease PTSD: Study - MSN Health & Fitness - Addiction|Quit Smoking

Published Mon, Jul 05 2010 11:50 AM by PTSD, A Soldiers Perspective

Fireworks and Mental Scars

My husband had disappeared for part of the evening yesterday and I knew he was taking his sweet time coming home because our youngest son is cutting his molars. This has given me high pitched screaming and general fussiness over everything for the past...

Published Sun, Jul 04 2010 8:26 AM by PTSD, A Soldiers Perspective

My Childhood Made Me a Thug, War Made Me a Monster

While I am not going to revert to all of my old ways, I am in a great amount of pain from the fallout of recent events. Really, it is probably more due to my guilt that I have been burying for 20 years. I talk about my childhood as being the worst. What...

Published Sat, Jul 03 2010 11:20 AM by PTSD, A Soldiers Perspective

Filed under: combatPTSDnews, Combat PTSD Vet Perspective, Fog of War

Stuttering Returns Post-Iraq

My husband has a pronounced stutter (a previously conquered childhood hardship) which returned with a vengeance post Iraq, but over the last few months I've noticed it getting worse. He sometimes has difficulty pronouncing certain words; for example...

Published Fri, Jul 02 2010 9:11 AM by PTSD, A Soldiers Perspective

Filed under: A Wife's Perspective, PTSD Symptoms

Secondary PTSD and Me

I once read an anonymous saying that stated "Everyone's crazy...just some more than others". I used to laugh at that statement especially in college where my Psychology professor told us that everyone had symptoms of OCD hardwired in them...

Published Thu, Jul 01 2010 6:53 AM by PTSD, A Soldiers Perspective