PTSD: A Soldier’s Perspective

The Voices in my Head

It's been a year of knowing I have dissociative identity disorder. I was so confused for most of my life due to the inability to access canyons of memories held by other parts cut off from the rest to hide, and carrying their burdens. My inner voice...

Published Tue, Apr 14 2020 2:48 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: dissociation, DID

This Veterans HIV Story

Eight weeks ago I was diagnosed as HIV positive from indiscriminate sex. While giving me clarity, it's had a profound impact on my physical, and mental health. by Scott Lee A year ago the rashes on my face and neck began. Gradually I started feeling...

Published Fri, Apr 19 2019 4:37 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: HIV

Importance of an Empathetic Therapist for Chronic Traumatization

Finding a compassionate and empathetic therapist is a must to heal from trauma. Vets, if we do not develop a connection with our therapist, it’s unlikely we will keep our appointments. If missing an appointment call to cancel, and reschedule, so another...

Published Sat, Apr 13 2019 11:50 AM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: therapy

Complex PTSD and Out of Body Experiences

Robert Lanza, the author of Biocentrism , is a heralded biologist, and a leading quantum theorist. He posits that we live inside a galactic entity, that all matter contains some amount of consciousness. He also states that when we die our consciousness...

Published Wed, Dec 13 2017 8:50 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: complex PTSD, rape

On the Issue of Transgendered People in the Military

Let me break it down, if you are here to learn or share. If you are here for nefarious reasons, I reserve the right to make fun of you. To educate the masses, of course. All of the arguments against transgendered people serving have already been answered...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2017 8:02 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: transgender soldiers, LGBT

On the Issue of Transgender People in the Military

Let me break it down, if you are here to learn or share. If you are here for nefarious reasons, I reserve the right to make fun of you. To educate the masses, of course. All of the arguments against transgender people serving have already been answered...

Published Tue, Dec 12 2017 8:02 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: transgender soldiers, LGBT

Fear and Loathing in Iraq

Fear and Loathing in Iraq ...see if I can remember hold on.. Act One: We gotta address the silence, taking us out. It’s an honor to mediate the psychology of death. To witness an atrocity is a life sentence of suicidal thinking. To atone, live, die or...

Published Tue, Apr 19 2016 3:14 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: poems

PASP on Letting Go of PTSD

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forward. ~ Søren Kierkegaard If suggesting that letting go was actually the best and easiest option, then the world be a different place and I would of “fixed” myself long ago. Might as well...

Published Wed, Mar 09 2016 2:25 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: PTSD, anger, psychosomatic

Veteran on the Edge

This post is inspired by reading Patience Mason's PTSD Blog about her new book idea. She asks, "Reality is that most people who come back from war, or survive another trauma, are not fine, so if that might fit you, here are some questions to...

Published Sun, Feb 07 2016 4:23 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: dissociation, trauma, benefits, flashbacks, anger, Scott Lee, communication, aggression, discrimination

Cannabis and the Veterans Suicide Tsunami

By 2014, waves of soldiers surged in the tides of our modern wars, with 2.7 million veterans lost in the detritus of conflict, as compared to Vietnam's 2.6 million. Both populations amplifying the undercurrents of the veteran suicide tsunami, inundating...

Published Thu, Jan 07 2016 12:46 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: suicide, anxiety, Sleep issues, cannabis

Mental Wound

By Anonymous - Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is a debilitating and life changing mental wound commonly associated with veterans experiencing trauma during wartime. Studies by the VA revealed PTSD is not limited to combat, it also includes military...

Published Sat, Jan 02 2016 12:03 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: PTSD, veterans, veteran discrimination

Papa Who?

Here's what I remember about how Papa John's was founded. John toiled in his dad's bar for three years before he hired my father, Billy Joe Lee. Joe, as his friends called him or Billy Joe if you knew him well. Joe opened and trained for Pizza...

Published Wed, Aug 12 2015 3:28 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Pizza papa John's

A Veteran Father Struggles With Family Court and Child Support

When a person walks through the doors of a Military Entrance Processing Station, they know they are signing a contract that gives their mind and body to the military. Most believe it is for a set period of time. For many, the contract is lifelong as the...

Published Tue, Aug 12 2014 7:33 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Profiling Veterans with PTSD

Profiling Veterans with PTSD After serving our country and defending the freedom of this nation, Veterans are faced with PTSD profiling. The stigma accompanying service-related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a difficult obstacle for our Vets. Inaccurate...

Published Tue, Jul 08 2014 11:35 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective