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Yes we try to point fingers at so many various entities, but we need to realize we are just segmented ourselves and we make ourselves weaker.

I was wounded in Afghanistan while serving as a counterinsurgency officer for the Army, spent 17 months in a warrior transition unit, and was medically retired. I spent several years battling my complex Link Removed ( I was abused as a child on top of combat in Iraq/Afghanistan) and mental...

owl1985 sorry that comment was not meant for you, it was in response to this: You had some good points I agree on the artist, which I am seeking now and leaving room for better memories!

I know what you are saying, but no matter how much therapy I get ( I have had allot ), I will never forgot those memories. You are right it is dark work, but I am a very dark person. It is who I am and I believe after what I went through between my childhood and combat, there is no making a...

I wrote up my ideas for my tattoos and I am trying to find a good artist that can draw what I am verbalizing in this synopsis of some of my trauma. I feel it will be therapeutic to have these tattoos to represent my journey. Here are my ideas: The first sleeve on my left arm will be a reaper...

You got plenty of resources provided to you already in this thread and I will spare the cliche introduction, because I know when people throw social verbal cliche jargon at me I just think "ya ya thanks buddy, but that does not fix my f*cking problem", even though the thought is appreciated...

Spock I need to pick my violin back up, I use to play for many years when I was younger. Side note: Does anyone else have issues particularly with their significant other when it comes to them complaining? I hear people complain about what seems to me as the most trivial issues. The hard...

Yeah the only resemblance of peace I get is when I find my zone by working on my expedition vehicles and being in a peaceful rural setting. That is why I am rebuilding a diesel Land Cruiser right now and I am going to take a trip to Alaska in it, then in the future drive it down the...

OIF2VET, I just introduced myself a few days ago and you replied to me. I took the time to read your story and through this thread. These guys from what I read are on top of it. There is not much as far as the macro picture of what is going on that I can say at this point that has not...

Well at least I know it’s not just me, when my symptoms started to get really severe after I was wounded I was not educated on what was going on with me. I dealt with PTSD my whole life due to my childhood, but I learned to manage the symptoms. Those symptoms were my normal and as perception...

You have to be kidding me? People throw around PTSD like it is a sympathy badge or it is socially the "thing to have" or to be compared to. I am not saying your husbands porn addiction did not cause you distress, depressions, anxiety, etc. However you can have subsequent symptoms of PTSD that...

You know that is ironic how you say that, I say the same thing. I am learning to adapt to my day symptoms, even though they still blind side me. However the night is living hell sometimes. I feel there is no escape, even sleep does not offer a escape. What do you do when you get that way? I...

Thanks guys, I appreciate the comments. I found myself trying to talk to someone tonight and my mind went into an altered state. Almost as if I was having an outer body experience and I could tell they were talking, but I could not hear anything. I completely checked out of my mind. I do...

Hello, I am a OEF/OIF combat wounded/medically retired as of last year U.S Army Captain. I am not really big into the putting my information out there, but I am doing this to reach out to others in hope I can help someone to let them know there are others that experience what they do. Also I...

Hello, I am a OEF/OIF combat wounded/medically retired as of last year U.S Army Captain. I am not really big into the putting my information out there, but I am doing this to reach out to others in hope I can help someone to let them know there are others that experience what they do. Also I...