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PTSD is best recognized as a disease related to the military beyond a doubt. When one considers that 1 woman is assaulted every 9 SECONDS in the USA, one must surely realize that the number of women suffering from PTSD is equally astronomical. I have had severe PTSD for the past 2 years, due to...

As long as we’re tossing the “Warning! Trigger ahead!” label about, would anyone mind if I slapped it on =this- article? After all, it did trigger me – on several levels – into a very rare outburst of ire. But realize that I don’t get out much (read, ever) and am always behind on the news. I...

I too am with you. I'm so sorry you're so far down - you're NOT alone though! Recently, someone said something to me that I've been chewing on ever since. Seems like the time for YOU to hear it too. We're so much stronger than we (and others, often) believe - after all, we are Survivors. We...

OMG I never thought of that. This guy is head of psychiatry at one of the country's top teaching hospitals - I've always thought I was extremely lucky until now. Report him? How does one do such a thing? Normally I never would, but if that character did this to ME in this shape... I won't be...

Sun, she was literally *stuttering* with embarrassment, if you know what I mean. She'd had to excuse herself for a moment to "check the book" which we both knew meant she had to speak to him, as the book lives right in front of her. I imagine Dude had an emergency patient: such has happened...

Interesting thread!! I take y'all's point on the difference between cancer & ptsd, to a degree. Of course PTSD isn't a death sentence such as cancer: not a physical one, at any rate. The T I had (notice the past tense!) told me that PTSD was indeed curable "in most cases." I always flinch when I...

What timing for this thread. My worst experience ever happened, believe it or not, last week. I've had the same T on and off for 20 years. I went to him first for domestic violence (abuse) - after a few years, he got me past that. So when my brain started doing bizarre things some 4 years ago, I...

I'm a big believer in having the right to die when you choose. For me, it's absurd that suicide is against the law. I mean, what could the punishment possibly be? We treat our animals better in many cases then we do people in the same or worse condition. I would never let a cat, a horse or a...

Honestly? I'd have had to look her directly in the eyes and say, "No, actually YOU did." IMHO, a response like that from a mother gives me the creeps.

Scout you're absolutely right. I've come to that already - that nobody is charging over yon hill! My T kept on me about "expectations" and he's right - as usual. It's just that these friends were around for 24 years, 30 years the other. The mind boggles that friends like that left - for whatever...

Cali, I've been on both sides of that fence. And neither one is pretty. I'd hope your fellow is being treated for his PTSD - and there are groups for those who love those vets too. I went to those: they are truly great. Nobody knows what it's like to be in your shoes unless they've been there...

Meadow - thank you for those words. As you see by the post date, I sort of poofed. As for the mindgames, with you there - you'd think I'd know better after 14 years of community ownership. For one thing, I get horribly triggered there. This is a major, major issue: it's =MY= joint and I'm still...

as there's truly nothing left for me here, when everyone I care about has either boogied or is on the other side already. 10 years ago I had a fun life - two loving, funny parents who were so very close to me, and a bunch of really good friends who'd drop in whenever they felt like it. I knew...

I came out of an abusive relationship 2 years ago. My reward for finally getting out: PTSD. The gift that keeps on giving, I call it. Prior to this awful relationship, I knew many people who had been abused. We all do, I'm sure. Me, I always went out of my way to make such folks feel...

Not so much pray, but put it into the universe that if I were just not to wake up, it would please me greatly. I get right where you're coming from. I'm an energy healer & I communicate with the other side on occasion. Often enough that I've been getting a royal cussing for days over these...