PTSD: A Soldier’s Perspective

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

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

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)

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

The Tidal Forces of PTSD

PASP's Response to Associated Press's "PTSD is Real, PTSD Fraud is Not" AP say's: Department of Homeland Security. "They'd rather pay and chase." Referring to whether or not, we combat veterans, would ever fucking run...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 5:13 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: PTSD, malinger

Check the Facts About Combat PTSD

The CSRA Wounded Warrior Care Project needs funding to spread throughout the country to aid the soldier and veteran who needs the most urgent care. In your neighborhood a combat mentally disabled veterans needs your help, she has been lost in an alien...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 4:05 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Check the Facks, wounded Warrior Care Project

Men Are From Mars, Combat Vets Are From... ?

Communication comes in many guises; men communicate differently than women, disparities we try to recognize and appreciate in our partners to better understand just where they are coming from. And then there's the combat veteran... a whole other beast...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 7:19 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: A Wife's Perspective

STUCK IN THE SAND - PTSD and College

WTF? Go away. Take your flashbacks with you. Dear PTSD, Why did you hate me today? I was sitting in a lecture hall, paying attention to the lecture, taking notes, and you decided it was flashback movie time. You hit play, again and again. I did my best...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 8:30 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Barriers to Care, experiencing ptsd

I Am Rated 30% Service-Connected Disability for PTSD Due to Combat

38 C.F.R. § 4.130, DC 9411 GENERAL RATING FORMULA FOR MENTAL DISORDERS: 30% Service-Connected PTSD ( Vietnam Veterans of America ), Occupational and social impairment with occasional decrease in work efficiency and intermittent periods of inability to...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 8:08 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: Check the Facks, wounded Warrior Care Project, service-connected compensation

Stigmata

The jail was not only a place of employment and a source of income, it also provided me with an invaluable education; especially as far as mental health issues are concerned. I've dealt with bipolar females off their meds getting into physical altercations...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 6:28 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: stigma

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

On the Front-line: Real Warriors Need Real Advice

I just had a conversation through an online help line that may very well include our veterans, within our community where they reside and need us. Thursday, May 2, 2010 10:21:26 PM (5/21/2010 2:21:26 AM - GMT) Welcome to www.realwarriors.net , someone...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 9:18 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: VA, What to do If..., stigma, triggers, reintegration, trauma, Real warriors

Can Marijuana Ease PTSD? A Debate Brews

Can Marijuana Ease PTSD? A Debate Brews (Jeff Brady at Vermont Public Radio, division of NPR), Meanwhile, policymakers in states with medical marijuana programs have to make decisions now, and they're reaching different conclusions. While New Mexico...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 10:32 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: therapy, psychoeducation, medications

The Father & Son Perspective's

My son and I talk about some our his and mine shared memories that we have never spoken about. Edited somewhat... he needs no introduction ... Anthony said... Well I am the son of Scott A. Lee, and the person mentioned above is a moron. I've lived...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 9:59 PM by PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Filed under: A Son's Perspective

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

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