PTSD: A Soldier’s Perspective

PTSD: Get Over It

Ever been told to get past it? Or told to get over it and can't? I wouldn't ask you to beat your noggin against that wall, my head hurts just thinking about it. But, working through it; that won't be as difficult. Our language says much. "Getting...

Published Thu, Jun 07 2012 8:44 AM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: inspirations, therapy, triggers, trauma, TFB

What Keeps Me from Killing Myself Today

This answer keeps changing over the last 20 years, it used to be various family members and friends. This becomes too much for our caregivers if they alone bear that burden as I learned the hard way. Today varying by degree this sacred duty I charge to...

Published Fri, Apr 20 2012 1:13 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: suicide

A Ruse Indeed: Wanna Be Therapists

Comment from a guy who originally placed on his Facebook education and work page that he worked for me here on this blog. I asked him to remove it, he apologized and gave me a huge line, I accepted his apology and gave him the benefit of the doubt. But...

Published Wed, Feb 08 2012 5:15 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: therapy

Army Review of PTSD Costs Will Reinforce Combat Veterans Not to Seek Help

This article seems to say they are passing out PTSD diagnosis to anyone who walks by and sneezes. It is not easy to get a PTSD diagnosis, that is the truth. When this same issue was brought up in the Veterans Administration, the government investigation...

Published Tue, Feb 07 2012 5:05 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: malinger, malinger my ass

Why a Combat Veteran Holds onto Anger

Anger was a successful way to get us and our guys through war, a tool that was honed and perfected for effective use. But, today this way of thinking – faulty thinking or defensive state of mind– keeps us from building the kind of relationships we need...

Published Tue, Jan 31 2012 1:56 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: anger

The Price to be Superman: Combat PTSD

Hey, we have those moments that run into eternity sometimes it seems, lol. We must cry to grieve the part of ourselves that we lost in those moments when we had to hold it together. Who said we always had to hold it together? Did we do what was required...

Published Tue, Jan 31 2012 1:19 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: coping skills, dissociation, flashbacks, Grieving, crying

Combat PTSD: A Psycho-Social and Spiritual Wound

America, I gave you my soul in 1991. I didn't know it then that I would receive a psycho-social and spiritual wound that not even I could see. Of late we have heard much on the common symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD in the media...

Published Fri, Jan 13 2012 5:35 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: spiritual, psycho-social

Darktimes Indeed

Comment from a well read reader, (Darktimes - In case you missed my comment in the comment section ) wshat a lod of shit. yh0out think you know ptsgd becaue you a brad driver? step outsi8d edand ytell me what is ptsd . *** all od you that felel sorry...

Published Mon, Jan 09 2012 3:58 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Combat PTSD Vet Perspective

ON Dealing with the Combat PTSD Veteran

Unconditional love is to surrender, it is faith in the other and spontaneity unleashed, it is emotional freedom and nurturing of the spirit. All of these things we had to shed before combat; we had to be steadfast, precise and deadly - the exact opposite...

Published Wed, Jan 04 2012 11:02 AM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: triggers, communicating with Combat Vet, understanding your soldier, expectations, empathy

To the Combat PTSD Caregiver

Reach out to other spouses in your area or online to help educate and support one another. There are many benefits you can apply for today such as the Caregiver Benefit of service-connected veterans. An organization I highly recommend is Family of a Vet...

Published Sat, Nov 05 2011 12:59 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: PTSD Caregivers

Combat PTSD Prayer

God, my faith had been lacking this last year and yet you still hold me in your hand. I curse your plan for me and tell you that I am not ready and you bless me further. I resist the path with detours and you place Angels in my life to guide me back....

Published Sat, Oct 01 2011 5:21 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Prayer

Advice Given to Caregiver Uncle Sam's Mistress: Fight for Him

Uncle Sam's Mistress over at Living with PTSD and TBI: An Army Wife's POV wrote this incredible article about meeting a Vietnam Veteran on the streets of New York and the advice he gave her. I think everyone who has a veteran in their life should...

Published Wed, Sep 07 2011 12:35 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: inspirations, USM

The Intimacy of War

Reclaiming parts of my memory has helped to regain lost bits and pieces of myself; by putting together this Combat Narrative I will regain a significant part of my life that has influenced me in many negative ways otherwise. This recording of my narrative...

Published Tue, Aug 09 2011 8:19 AM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: my life, Combat PTSD Vet Perspective, Combat Narratives, intimacy

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

Under the Influence of War

This 4th of July was especially hard, one of those days where the struggle to do anything overshadows everything. I have been out of focus since and ruminating over my recent stay at an inpatient PTSD program and a new meaning unearthed within my War...

Published Tue, Jul 19 2011 8:27 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective