PTSD: A Soldier’s Perspective

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

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)

Should We Really Throw Our Expensive Prison Forces Against Our Returning Veterans?

I really should have waited, but had to pull the trigger on this one. Didn't want to be scooped if I'm to be honest ... Should we really throw our expensive Prison Forces against our returning veterans? November 2009 VA FACT SHEET says, The most...

Published Thu, May 13 2010 5:07 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Combat Values Theory, war, veterans, crime, Check the Facks, combat

Massive Block Grants to Fund Treatment for Combat PTSD

This post all fits together in some fashion or another...dissociation. If you want to discover my perspective on the whole situation, you will have to read all of the roads herein to understand your war veteran. Dissociation is best written about and...

Published Thu, May 13 2010 1:01 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: dissociation, politics, PTSD rates

Growing Cloud Awareness

Some may say Google is an evil thing, but God speaks through the oddest places. This is being reported, and I am willing to admit that it is a bit from a narcissist perspective ((what da lookin incredulous glare)). I was tooling around my StatCounter...

Published Wed, May 12 2010 9:39 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: dissociation

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

All Of These Voices are Mine

In the last article I was asked by PBS to include the links and possibly a video link to do so. I am having a reaction to this that I have not had in many months. Anger, I want to write some more! So, I put together some snippets together and thought...

Published Wed, May 12 2010 1:59 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: complex PTSD

PBS's Frontline Season Finale: The Wounded Platoon

FRONTLINE INVESTIGATES A CLUSTER OF MURDERS, VIOLENT CRIMES, MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS AND DRUG ABUSE AMONG A PLATOON OF SOLDIERS RETURNING FROM IRAQ FRONTLINE Season Finale THE WOUNDED PLATOON Tuesday, May 18, 2010, from 9 to 10:30 P.M. ET on PBS www.pbs...

Published Wed, May 12 2010 12:24 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Barriers to Care, PTSD, squad, multiple deployments, Movies

God, I Love Words!

I received this 'legal letter' email from a Professor at the University of Louisville. I will sarcastically narrate her email without really saying what is written. Her letter basically says that, Uh, seems like you may have mentioned something...

Published Tue, May 11 2010 12:13 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: my life

All Battle Cries Confront

It is hard for me to ask for help...there, now I said it. Maybe the reason I have stayed away from writing here is that I fear for the honesty that I feel compelled to share here. Denial, hell yeah that's what I am talking about. Let's get it...

Published Mon, May 10 2010 10:03 AM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Barriers to Care, attachments

Wartime Trauma Versus Childhood Trauma

For the last year or better whenever I am stressed or have highly emotional experiences I find myself being brought back into my wartime memories, flashbacks, emotions and perspective. I was having a conversation the other day with someone close to me...

Published Fri, May 07 2010 2:28 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: substance abuse, therapy, trauma

Suicide Bomber

A thundering explosion rocks downtown Baghdad, your body recoils at the deafening sound, adrenaline courses through your veins driven by a heart suddenly hammering within your chest. No time to react; the air expands with punishing force as the concussion...

Published Sun, Apr 25 2010 2:57 AM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: war, suicide, iraq

Sleep and the Lack of with PTSD

***, I guess I'm not supposed to talk about how my girlfriend cancelling for the third time is supposed to bother me.............so I will talk about how I want to spill my fucking guts about my fucking PTSD. Wha da' think about...........I mentioned...

Published Wed, Apr 14 2010 6:46 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: sleep-apnea

Can a Combat Veteran Heal Enough to Have a Longterm Healthy Relationship

I received this email last night and wanted to share about my response: My name is Sally. I came across your blog while researching PTSD. As a child, I was diagnosed with PTSD, which has lead me to pursue study in the field of Psychology. I am currently...

Published Fri, Apr 02 2010 10:58 AM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: defensive mechanism, Combat Values Theory, attachments, triggers

Dear Deadly Duo

An open letter to PTSD and his evil henchman TBI. Dear Deadly Duo, You consider yourselves formidable foes, but I am not scared of you. A pair of cowardly trolls is all you are, and if I could find the bridge beneath which you cower, I would rain down...

Published Thu, Apr 01 2010 1:51 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: PTSD, TBI, Nightmares

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