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    General Why Date Someone Who Is Ill?

    I'm not pointing a finger at anyone in particular, but I have wondered this for a while so I'm going to ask. I have to wonder why anyone would want to be dating someone who has untreated PTSD or in the early stages of recovery in the first place. I know I wouldn't want to date me (or someone...
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    Question About Posts Going Off Topic

    I tried to post this in the "about the forum" section, because I think it might belong more in there, but apparently I don't have permission to create a new thread in there? Anyways, I have a question about posting off topic in a thread. I know generally we aren't supposed to do it. But what...
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    Poll Do You Have Trouble Understanding Humour?

    Besides having PTSD, I also have autism, and one of the features of autism in many people is not understanding humour or jokes. Autism aside though, I was wondering if others with PTSD also have some issues with humour. Myself, I find I am getting a little better, and I do have my own brand of...
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    Poll Do You Have Problems With Personal Hygiene?

    This is kind of an embarrassing question maybe, but it's something I struggle with so I was wondering if anyone else has the same difficulty. I often have troubles with bathing or showering, brushing my teeth, combing my hair and so on. I am getting a lot better, but my family has to push me a...
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    Pushed Myself Out Of Bed And Went To The Movies

    Yesterday I was in a very bad mood, a bit depressed, anxious and tired. I wanted to stay in bed the entire day. But I forced myself to get up and have a shower. Usually my dad has to push me when I am in this bad of a mood but I did without his help this time. I then went into town, alone, and...
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    News Surviving the Past - Overcoming Post-traumatic Stress Disorder From Domestic Violence

    Most people escape to the comfort of home to hide from life's troubles and stresses. But for women trapped in abusive relationships, home becomes their personal war zone. Even if they take steps to end the violence, the emotional trauma from years of mental and physical abuse often continues. In...
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    News Ombudsman Probes How PTSD Affecting Troops Returning From Kandahar, Families

    The military ombudsman is investigating how the Canadian Forces is dealing with soldiers who return from Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder and with their families. In 2002, before large-scale deployments of troops to Kandahar, the ombudsman's office issued a critical report on...
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    News PTSD Triples Among Military

    Self-reported post-traumatic stress disorder has elevated 3-fold among combat-exposed military personnel since 2001, according to a study reported in the British Medical Journal. In response to concerns on the health impact of military deployment, researchers in San Diego analyzed the effect...
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    News PTSD and Murder Among Newest Veterans

    This weekend, while the 24-hour primary coverage raged on, the New York Times published a very well researched and stunning report on the number of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans involved in killings, here in America. They found at least 121 cases, now, where a veteran was charged with...
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    News 72,000 American Casualties: Toll of War on Terror

    The US has suffered more than 72,000 battlefield casualties since the start of the war on terror in 2001, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. The query by the campaigning Veterans for Common Sense organisation shows that 4372 American soldiers have died and another 67,671 have been...
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    News New Charity Launched to Provide a "New Approach to Military PTSD"

    A new charity is being launched which offers British soldiers a radical treatment to reduce any mental health problems they may have. With military personnel often experiencing horrific events while in action, it is no surprise that many develop of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in...
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    News Iraq Vet Kicked Out of Treatment May Be Jailed

    The court had ordered treatment for PTSD instead of jail after Tony Klecker killed a teen in a drunk-driving accident. Last June, District Judge David Knutson gave Klecker, 30, a break in his sentencing for criminal vehicular homicide, staying a 57-month prison sentence and ordering him to serve...
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    News Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Lead Caused PTSD, Lawsuit Claims

    Medtronic has been sued by a man who says a faulty Sprint Fidelis Defibrillator Lead caused him to suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD). Donald LarryJackson claims the unexpected shocks he received from an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) constitute civil battery and caused...
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    Poll Do You Have the Urge to Run When Upset?

    When things get tough for me, when I have arguments with family members or other issues I'm dealing with, I often feel like running away. I don't mean running away in the cosmic sense of denying what I'm feeling. I mean I physically want to leave my house, get in my car and keep driving, or walk...
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    Comics and Cartoons : Comics and Cartoons

    Just wondering, does anyone here like TV Funhouse, the animated shorts that SNL (Saturday Night Live) produces? I'm a big fan. I used to think the Charlie Brown Christmas spoof was my favourite, but I recently saw their spoof of Dora the Explorer and it's hilarious! Here's a link to the video...
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    Rare Gene Linked to Autism

    From the Associated Press, and just released yesterday: Rare Gene Linked to Autism A rare genetic variation dramatically raises the risk of developing autism, a large study showed, opening new research targets for better understanding the disorder and for treating it. Research into the...
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    Eye Contact Triggers Threat Signals In Autistic Children's Brains

    I found this article from Science Daily on eye contact and autism and I thought it was really interesting so I decided to share. As an autistic, I have had troubles with eye contact my entire life, and I know most of my autistic friends feel the same way. I was lucky in that my family was always...
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    Nightmares - How I Got Rid of Them

    I noticed there are several threads on nightmares right now... here's one more! ;) Seriously though I wanted to answer some of the other threads about nightmares but I didn't want to repeat myself, so I started a new thread... does that make any sense? If the editors think this should get merged...
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    Life on the Spectrum

    I have autism, and I just got through a few days where I was experienced some of what's called "autistic overload". It's similar to crashing when you have PTSD. Honestly since I have both disorders now, I sometimes am not sure where one begins and the other ends. But I definitely had some...
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    I Got A Job Again!

    Some of you will remember that last year I had a job as a comic book inker for a few months. I had to quit because I was having cancer treatment and couldn't handle the stress of working (even though it was from home) and having the treatments at the same time. It was a real blow to my...
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    Does Harry Potter Have PTSD?

    I know Harry Potter is just a character in a book / movie, but I just saw Order of the Phoenix in theatre and man what a depressing movie. It was the first time I really related to Harry Potter as a person, and that scared me! :p Harry is sullen and withdrawn, constantly having these horrible...
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    Changes in 2008 - Share Yours

    I didn't title this thread "New Years Resolutions" because I don't really believe in those, but there are going to be some major changes in my life this coming year, some of which are kind of like resolutions, some not. If this should be merged with Herc's thread that's cool, I wasn't really...
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    All Hail Rex Murphy: The Best Political Journalist to Come Out of Newfoundland!!

    Rex Murphy rocks The Rock!! I don't agree with everything he says, but I'm really proud he's from Newfoundland. I love watching his commentaries... it's the only part of the news I watch regularly. He is so funny and although his Newfoundland accent is gone somewhat (the guy in the 22 minutes...
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