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Friends, My brother suggested that I read a book called To Serve Them All of My Days by the English author R.F. Delderfield. It concerns a World War 1 veteran suffering from what they called "shell shock" who accepts a teaching position at a boarding school for boys in a fairly remote area...

Welcome to the forum. I think you will find this to be a helpful place with lots of good information.

Sometimes getting all those jumbled thoughts out of your head and onto paper helps.

Let me chime in here, though I am somewhat late. I teach at a Community College, though the subject is History and not Psychology. If I understand you correctly, you had an intoxicated individual come to class and your professor did nothing about it other than to ask the class their feelings...

Some days it is. Right now it works pretty well for me. I don't know what the future will hold, of course, so I just take it one day at a time.

There are a few people that I teach with that know about it, but they are people that I feel comfortable sharing the information with. A couple of them are psychology professors, and so it is easy to talk them about it. One of the Deans at the college knows about it but only because he and I...

No Mercy, you don't sound bossy at all and I really do appreciate your input. It is funny that you mentioned Burger King. Please don't judge me for what I am about to say, but I took my wife to Dairy Queen on our first date. What I did do tonight was I stopped and got her a Valentine's Day...

I just don't know how much longer I can do it. Can't sleep. Can't eat. So freaking scared of having a flashback while standing in front of a class. I stumble over my words sometimes. My mind wanders while I am lecturing. Plus, the college is cutting back the number of classes that we...

That is a great attitude to have. You are certainly worth something and you certainly are proving yourself!

So today I was talking about the assassination of Rasputin in Russia during the First World War. I explained to my students that there were a lot of theories regarding the particulars of his death, but it is generally believed that he was shot among other things. I had a student who raised his...

Actually Mercy, you will be happy to know that I do include that! I approach it from a historical context but I do make the modern day parallels as well. We talk about the various ways that it has happened in our history, but yes, it is a part of my class. (My students probably get more than...

Two things: 1. Welcome to the forum 2. I thank your husband for his service. The symptoms of PTSD can vary slightly from person to person. I experience nightmares regularly. Flashbacks every now and then. My biggest issue is actually the short term memory loss and inability to...

In a few hours I'll face three classes of 30+ college students. I'll be fueled with caffeine and nicotine as I normally am. I don't have much of an appetite for food anymore. Last night I got about three hours of sleep, which is the norm for me. The nightmares come for me at night and I try...

I'm far from being a Dr. Phil or anything, but it sounds to me like you've found "the one" just as you titled your post. He sounds like a great guy. I wish the both of you a lifetime of happiness.

Robin, First, let me say how very sorry I am for your loss. By seeking help, be it on a website like this or in another setting, you are taking a very big step in the right direction. You will find a lot of resources here and a lot of people who are here to listen to you and support you.

Thank you, Mercy.

Now that is a good story!

I have stood in front of a car in a parking lot with a stupid look on my face while I stared at my key remote wondering why it didn't work. Alas, MY car was a few rows over. (Thank God no one got me on video doing it. I imagined that I looked like an idiot!)

Sundays are always hard for me now. Every morning I wake up remembering what happened on a Sunday morning in 2001. I was a firefighter/emt at the time. My department required us to rotate assignments between the ambulance, engine, and ladder. (Four months on each.) I was almost done with an...

It was a Monday afternoon. My partner and I had just finished interviewing a witness to a case that we were investigating. We got back in the car and the dispatcher came over the radio and sent two patrol units to a report of a gunshot from a residence. I immediately recognized the address...

I have a lot of anger over how my life has turned out. I spent 16 years in public safety, first as a firefighter, then as a police officer. I spent the last few years of my law enforcement career as a detective who specialized in arson cases. Then out of nowhere, or at least that is what it...

I take Lyrica for my back pain. They say that is causes weight gain but I have actually lost weight on it. Go figure. But I have heard of others who have gained a lot of weight on Gabapentin.

I am not a Combat PTSD sufferer necessarily, but some of my PTSD comes from a few instances of being shot at as a police officer. That said, I see a lot of myself in how you described your companion. I am a very self deprecating person to the extent that it drives my wife crazy. The odd thing...

I'll echo what Nomedic said. You are definitely not alone.