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So I am writing this post from my new command, which is a Naval Hospital for treatment. I was supposed to be sent here for treatment for PTSD. I have done the VA evaluation, but that is about it. Since moving here I have LESS treatment (one visit every two weeks compared to 2-3 visits to the...

About every other day I have this pit in my chest. It feels like a ball of anxiety just under my sternum which will make me nauseous, numbness/tingling in my fingers, and my heart feels fluttery. I have panic attacks a few times a week so I know this isn't a panic attack, and I am overall very...

So I have posted on here and received great advice and support, and have found it really helps. To those who have viewed and responded to my past posts, thank you. On to the post. I reference the military a lot because most people don't understand the life, so I feel like explaining will give...

So this is an odd feeling. My doctor has been an amazing help through this, but after being on vacation for two weeks (I am in the middle of CBT, which he told me not to interrupt/miss sessions or face setbacks), I find myself angry with him. Everyone deserves a break, especially military...

Something I have encountered over the last week is people making fun of PTSD. During a training course I was instructing, I had one service member make a comment after the slides of the first lesson finished. The comment was "Man that was boring. These presentations are giving me PTSD" followed...

With the heightened workload and people making mistakes I have to fix, I have felt extremely down today. I am not normally one to look or ask for positive messages, it feels like fishing for compliments, but could use some good words today. Military life certainly makes PTSD harder, and I could...

I had a dissociative episode last week. Took me this long to be even remotely comfortable enough to type it out. I was outside having a dip break when the next thing I knew I was across the lot, maybe 150-200 yards from where I started: no idea how I got there. This of course sent me into a...

Hello all. I decided to try this out, see if talking a bit helps my situation. I am not used to it, and the military culture doesn't really 'allow' talking outside the family, but maybe it will help. I am 26 years old in the Navy and have recently been diagnosed with PTSD. I have had symptoms...