Recent content by Stranded Sailor

One of my support buddies had an 'incident' that he washed over. He's now in as bad a state as me. It happens - the main thing is to recognise it and get help. Days get brighter, days get darker. But I have found talking to people that truly understand helps more than any medication could.

So I haven't posted in ages. Truth is I have been let down so many times I wasn't ready to hear messages of support. My command have ignored and disregarded policy, but I forced myself on a great course, then to be told I didn't need it. My health professionals are shocked, but to scared to step...

I hope your Doctor told you something you needed to hear. PTSD or not. You've had a trauma - end of story. Do you have the disorder - who knows? Keep talking. That's the key!

Thanks for all the replies... You'll note that It's taken me a while to post - the truth being, it's taken me a long time to re-visit the site after posting it as I was scared what the replies may be. And now, having read what I have in response has made me feel so much better about deciding to...

From what I'm experiencing, there are two forms of fatigue: physical and mental. Your body may well be refreshed from sleep, but your mind isn't. I've had to learn which is which. If your dreaming a lot, or having nightmares, it's only your body that's getting recharged. Is that happening to you?

Hi. I'm just entering treatment for PTSD after a year (actually, more than) of waiting. I'm a serviceman that served on humanitarian operations in West Africa during the Ebola crisis. What I saw, I can never un-see. But that's not the bad part. It was the decisions I made, or more, the decisions...