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    What Have You Told Or Haven't Told Your Partner

    I will try the book. The couch - he never gets mad at it - but I miss my bed. I try to sleep there but always end up on the couch - basically because it makes no sense got me keep both of us awake. He has tried the sit down with my therapist. She thinks this is his way of ccoping with...
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    What Have You Told Or Haven't Told Your Partner

    Not much. But then again he does not want to know. He still believes the Army hype that one day I will wake up (hmmm.... that implies I am sleeping in the first place) and I will magically be fine. When I have tried to talk about it - he has more important things to do and real problems to worry...
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    What To Never Say To A Ptsd Sufferer

    What bothers me is that they think I did not try the easy stuff first - I am pretty sure we all did. The problem is when the easy stuff stops working.
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    Hello

    Hello... welcome to the community - where we all share our own little piece of hell. Like you, I am new here.
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    What To Never Say To A Ptsd Sufferer

    Wow, where to begin. 1. "oh my goodness - look how busy this place is!" as we pull into a parking lot (I am afraid of being around people and have panic attacks...) 2. You know if we just keep coming up behind you, you will get used to it and it will not affect you anymore... (yep - this is...
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    Hello

    thank you.... it is nice to know I am not alone.
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    Hello

    Thank you.... Part of it is that with the guys trying to explain that I have never been a Fobbit in my life and some of the things that I have seen and done .... well they suck. That is the easiest way to explain it. Believe it or not - they were easier to deal with. But the women - one would do...
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    Hello

    Okay....I was in Bosnia from Jan 1997 to Jan 1998 (1st Armor Div) and then from July 1998 to July 1999 (1st CAV). Both times I was a lone deployer out of DLIFLC who was attached to the units there as a Serbian/Russian linquist. In Bosnia, I was at Camp Dobol both times and often commuted to...
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    Hello

    hmm.... in both groups the confrontation was on the other side. Each time I tried to stay and work it out - but I do not go to therapy to be attacked and belittled. It was actually kind of funny in a wierd way. In the group with the guys - they assumed I was there because of some kind of...
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    Hello

    I started posting in the PTSD forum and was directed here. Even though I have not tried this on this forum - I have had problems fitting in anywhere in group therapy.... So here goes. 1. I am female. 2. I am a 25 year Army veteran. 3. I have deployed to Bosnia twice, Kosovo once and Iraq three...
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    News Claims Ptsd Is Being Faked In Military

    I know the article was written in 2006. But unfortunately - these topics continually reappear as our nation deals with the cost and problems of having a large number of servicemembers leaving the service. I have heard all of these things stated to people at various briefings - to include my...
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    Study Has The Prazosin Study Been Mentioned Yet?

    Fort Lewis was doing a nightmare study to this usage to be placed on label usage of Prazosin. I have graduated from the study.. I want to say I love this drug. Yes I still have nightmares - but they are no longer as terrifying. It is like I am looking at them through a glass of water or with...
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    News Claims Ptsd Is Being Faked In Military

    I really am disturbed by articles like this. Believe it or not - many people in the military - especially those who have never really seem combat or who were in less dangerous locations - parrot these sentiments. So to take them one at a time: Claim 1. PTSD rates among recent servicemembers...
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    The Hunger Games Trilogy

    I have read all three of the books in the trilogy. It took forever - but they were the first books I have really been able to read since I have come home. (I used to be able to read. I read constantly... Now I have trouble concentrating....). The first book sets the stage for the other two. In...
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    Analogy: My Ptsd Feels Like...

    I like reading these descriptions. I feel like I am trapped in a room made of glass. I can see everyone around me and hear them - but I am not a part of anything. When I reach out towards them - the glass shatters and I can see the pieces of my life broken around me. The shards are stained...
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    Sufferer Hello, Oif Veteran X 3 Combat Ptsd

    I have had panic attacks in public and my teenagers were highly embarassed. As for the military thing, my son is proud me - he wants to join the army. He has just begun to ask questions. My husband and daughters look at it as it was a way for me to take care of the family. I am sure they do...
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    Sufferer Hello, Oif Veteran X 3 Combat Ptsd

    Thank you for the advice. I will look there too.
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    Sufferer Hello, Oif Veteran X 3 Combat Ptsd

    Hello, I have deployed to Iraq 3 times (Mosul Sep 2004 - Sep 2005, Taji April 2007 - June 2008, Mosul Sep 2009 - Sep 2010). I have been shot at in every deployment. I have been on multiple combat operations and have a lot I have seen and done. I am female. I came home from the last...
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