PTSD: A Soldier’s Perspective

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

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

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

Powerful Healing Journeys Through the Arts and The Military Experience

The mission of the Journal of Military Experience is to mentor veterans through the writing and arts process for publication in the JME. The feedback from talented writers, authors, and artists were instrumental in my decision to explore the Arts as a...

Published Sun, Jul 22 2012 8:59 AM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Resources, Journal of Military Experience

The Universal Mind

I remember that first time I had a feeling of deja vu, it seemed so unreal and powerful. Over the years I have had several more and as time goes on, it seems as though I have seen this before or I have experienced that again, or maybe even I am starting...

Published Thu, Aug 13 2009 10:28 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: spirituality

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

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

Fight the Combat PTSD Monster

Drawing by Scott Lee Comment from a reader on July 21, 2010 from the article, hey hey you guessed it! Combat Veterans Bring the Monster of War Home: The Story of SGT Travis Triggs (not doing the link again...I know I could have done it by now...but.....

Published Thu, Aug 19 2010 1:33 AM by PASP - Combat PTSD HQ

Filed under: help, Resources, Combat PTSD Home

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

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

Memories, Flashbacks and Dissociation as a Function of Combat PTSD/TBI: Experiential Research

I am a Combat PTSD Veteran of the First Gulf War, I saw hectares of blood stained sands strung as the death clock clicked, chimed and claimed 45,000 lives. I lay witness, on point for the 3rd brigade of the 1st AD and beheld the 20,000 lives my unit snuffed...

Published Sun, Jun 05 2011 3:45 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: dissociation, Combat PTSD Vet Perspective, memories, flashbacks

Re: The Blunt Truth: Combat Veterans, PTSD and Medical Marijuana

Healing Combat Veteran , There's a great article on the Web from the Salem (Oregon) News-Record of June 11, 2007, called " Marine Combat Vet Discusses Iraq, PTSD and Medical Marijuana ," linked here . The former Marine in question is Nicholas...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 6:56 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Barriers to Care, spirituality, stigma, therapy, triggers, war, values, veterans, Structural Dissociation, trauma, Nightmares, Check the Facks, somatoform disorders

PTSD Caregiver: Military One Source Ineffective

Military One Source Military What Source? A dear friend asked me last week what my problem was with Military One Source since I had brought it up and thought this would be a good topic for this blog. Now my problem with MOS is not that I think they aren't...

Published Tue, Aug 24 2010 4:33 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Barriers to Care, Resources, VENT, PTSD Caregivers

Combat Veteran Eligibility: Enhanced Eligibility For VA Health Care Benefits

I know, I know. I'm a little late on breaking the news (2008, hello), I just found it and posted it. If anyone has any experience in filing for these benefits let me know in the comments. Taken from the VA website : On January 28, 2008, “Public Law...

Published Fri, May 27 2011 3:14 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: VA, Resources, benefits

Politics Aside, We Must Meet the Needs of Our Combat Affected Veterans

Photo by Scott Lee We have been divided long enough, we must all work together to triage the oncoming wave of combat veterans struggling to readjust to peace. With the war’s end soon, we will have war fighters with plenty of time to think and begin to...

Published Fri, Jul 29 2011 11:42 AM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: PTSD, veterans, politics, Combat PTSD Vet Perspective

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