PTSD: A Soldier’s Perspective

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

Osama Bin Laden's Death

I am torn, I understand people's elation with Osama's death. But, I do not feel that way. My only thoughts have to do with the 30% of veterans coming home with PTSD, maybe now we can call these wars a success and get the hell out of them. Remember...

Published Mon, May 02 2011 11:33 AM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: 9-11

Hello, I'M BACK: Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

I have been away for awhile...I'm ready to talk about it again. I'm ready to add the Memphis Chapter where I am back from a six week stay at the Memphis VA. I gotta say from the start, it was a great program. I was able to work through some more...

Published Mon, Apr 11 2011 3:33 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: my life

The VA: Protect the Budget Policy Breeds Barriers to Care for Veterans

Photo by Scott Lee On August 19, 2009 at 2:22 PM, IO had a conversation with a Combat Veteran's Mother pleading for help with the criminal charges her Combat PTSD son received during a flashback. Incarcerated Combat Vet Mom makes a critical connection...

Published Fri, Aug 13 2010 10:30 PM by PASP - Combat PTSD HQ

Filed under: Barriers to Care, crime, Combat PTSD, Combat PTSD Home

Hard Time Keeping it Together Today

Well, my world is all fucked up...lets us say that my family sucks at communication. We were never good at keeping in touch with one another, and I'm even accepting a large portion of the blame for not breaking the cycle. But, it is now time to give...

Published Sat, Apr 23 2011 11:47 AM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: my life

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

PTSD: Two Components Memory and Psychiatric

Longitudinal Investigation of PTSD Watch this video from a PhD candidate Erin Dickie as she describes PTSD with a two fold condition, one memory and the other psychiatric. She used modern fMRI imaging to point out the strong correlates within her research...

Published Mon, Jun 07 2010 12:20 PM by PTSD, A Soldiers Perspective

Filed under: combatPTSDnews, Research, fMRI

Failure to Launch: VA and Tricare

I don't know whether it's just because I am emotionally and physically tired, but it seems like everything here lately is just so damn overwhelming. Between my little one being so sick, my other two in school, and then my husband....anything else...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 4:04 AM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: VA, A Wife's Perspective, service-connected compensation, Tricare

Unknown Soldiers by Joe Garland, WWII Veteran

I recieved this comment on The Combat Veteran and Police Assisted Suicide on November 25, 2008, Scott, sometimes it takes a long time to recognize that we have PTSD. My preface to my new book, Unknown Soldiers, (see below) is an account of my situation...

Published Thu, Aug 12 2010 9:37 AM by PASP - Combat PTSD HQ

Filed under: Books

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

Communicating with Deployed Combat PTSD Soldier

I received this email just about 30 minutes ago from a woman whose fiancée is deployed in a war zone with PTSD that he has had since 2005! Diagnosed with PTSD and still in combat? Really? To some of the general public this will be a surprise, but to those...

Published Sat, Jun 12 2010 2:02 PM by PTSD, A Soldiers Perspective

Filed under: combatPTSDnews, communicating with Combat Vet

PASP(1) Resource Seal of Approval: Family of a Vet

From the desk of Combat PTSDnews... Scott Lee reporting here, I am happy to announce that I will be updating our PASP(1) Resource Seal of Approval to include Family of a Vet to recognize the hard work they do and would like to extend an offer to join...

Published Sat, Jun 12 2010 6:31 PM by PTSD, A Soldiers Perspective

Filed under: family, PASP(1) Seal of Approval, combatPTSDnews

Will Work For DD-214

Ok..so am in a really funky ass mood today. Don't know why, guess I am tired number one. Number two? Just simply overloaded. So as from my last blog, you know that I was quite a busy bee this past week and weekend, but my mood has been good. I had...

Published Mon, Jun 07 2010 4:48 PM by PTSD, A Soldiers Perspective

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

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