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    Anybody Work From Home?

    I've been thinking a lot about how to make some extra money lately. I haven't worked for the last two years, and it has been really great after the hellish life of work I went through for 40 years. I did a lot of different things and had at least 40 different jobs in that time. Believe it or...
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    Looking Back

    It being New Year's Eve and all, I thought it might be interesting to look at my postings around this time two years ago. I've been feeling a little (okay a lot) low these last few days, which is what brought me back here after a fairly long absence. This time of year is just chock full of...
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    Couldn't Stay Away

    I find myself back here after over a year away. The Forum looks different than it did back then, but the stuff we are all going through day to day looks about the same. I had a reasonably good year, but find myself struggling the last week or so. Holing up in total isolation, drinking again...
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    Old Vet

    After a year break from the PTSD Forum, I came back for a look around and found this new Combat Forum. Haven't had time yet to read much of what's here, but from what I have seen, it looks like a good place for me, at least right now. I'm a 59 year old American Vietnam Veteran. Came home from...
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    Who Do You Tell About Your Ptsd?

    Sometimes I feel like I need to justify my more outlandish behavior by admitting to someone else that I have PTSD. After telling another person that I have PTSD I often feel like I am begging for sympathy. Then there are the times I feel like I am using it as an excuse for my inability to...
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    Pictures from Iraq 2008

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    Poll Anybody Else Have a Problem with Drugs or Alcohol?

    Almost everything I read discusses how common it is for people with PTSD to abuse drugs and alcohol. I know I kept my demons at bay for about forty years, and it wasn't until I got sober that I was willing to consider the possibility that I even had PTSD. Now, I am tempted to go back to alcohol...
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    PTSD? I Don't Get It

    I just don't get it, I guess. I've done a lot of reading on this forum, and the more I read the less I think I have PTSD. I don't have triggers that I know of (not even quite sure what they are). I don't have a lot of anxiety, much less panic attacks. I don't have flashbacks or nightmares. I...
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    Penguin

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    Anybody Been In Group Therapy?

    Tomorrow is my first session in a group of veterans with PTSD. If I understand correctly, the group is mostly made up of Vietnam vets, and a gotta admit I'm feeling a little nervous about it. No, I'm scared sh*tless about it. I don't know what to expect and I've never felt good about going into...
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    What Does Recovery Look Like?

    I just found this forum today. At 57 years old, I have recently been convinced that the reason I have made such a shambles of my life is that I've had PTSD for nearly 40 years. Lots of people have suggested the possibility over the years, but I've always been pretty sure what I went through...
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