PTSD: A Soldier’s Perspective

Anger Needs a Target: Don't Ask a Vet About Their Medicine During Stressful Events

The other day a friend unknowingly asked me the wrong question during a PTSD moment. "Are you taking your meds?" Asking a Combat PTSD Veteran if they have taken their medicine during times of stress can often be frowned upon by the wary Vet...

Published Mon, Jun 20 2011 5:11 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Combat PTSD Vet Perspective, communicating with Combat Vet, anger

Surrender Hill Part 4

Coming tonight....

Published Sat, May 07 2011 4:07 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

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

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

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

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

(Thriving) The Stigma in Me: Remembering that My Strength Ultimately Caused My Disorder

My climb includes 5 total climbs and 6 of the lower section. I have very little patience for people who believe that lessor people suffer from mental illness, especially scholars, but if I am honest with myself then must I recognize how my own shame has...

Published Fri, Aug 09 2013 2:15 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

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

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

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

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

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

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

Failure to Launch

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 PASP - Combat PTSD HQ

Time Running Out for PTSD Sufferers to Claim Benefits

Markham Evans with Virginia News Channel 8 , WASHINGTON - The U.S. military has agreed to pay millions of dollars to veterans who were discharged from the service for post-traumatic stress disorder with lower disability ratings than they are entitled...

Published Tue, Jun 15 2010 10:46 AM by PTSD, A Soldiers Perspective

Filed under: combatPTSDnews, video

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