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Because I am recently educating myself on the subject, I feel like I'm on that roller coaster (and not the roller coaster of love!) I dealt with my symptoms as they presented themselves. I think by doing that I have become more acutely aware of how PTSD is effecting me. In the past, I assumed...

WOOOO WOOOO...I hear the train a comin...comin round that bend I wanna ride that Pain Train!!!! lol. Ghost, your amazing!

Jeny1014, So glad you reached out to the forum to help you with your PTSD symptoms. There are many here that have similar histories to yours and can give you information on what worked for them. Everyone's treatment can be different, so educate yourself on the disease and continue to reach...

Hey there Butterlamb...(what a great name!!) I see you are still on line and maybe have been unable to sleep yet. I hear what you are saying and understand your anxiety. Sometimes I stay awake all night because I can't turn my brain off. I take meds for that, but I still have the problem...

Hey there Orca and welcome to the forum. Just wanted to say thanks for sharing your experiences and hope with us who are looking for a solution. (I'de say that's probably all of us.) I almost had some spiritual/crystal work done a few years ago with a full blooded Cherokee who had been doing...

Whew, what a thread... In 7th grade would go to store across from school and steal coatfuls of Chunky Bars. In 7th and 8th grade would go through lockers of stuck up girls I didn't like and steal there lunches or money from purses on a regular basis. Smoked cigarettes from the age of 8. When...

What a great thread...I think both my husband and myself are addicted to chaos. For a lot of years growing up, my husband lived in total family chaos. The loudest got heard, the quickest got food, one child blamed for anothers actions, etc... After we both began our healing processes...

You go Pandora!!!:thumbs-up I've really felt good reading your posts lately as they are so much different than the ones you posted last year. How freeing it must feel to have a solid workable plan without all the negative thinking. Staying in touch with those you trust and will grow with is...

I just pray that after all the parades and celebrations and nice words that today, the day after Veteran's Day, things don't just go back to having to struggle for help to survive as a "civilian". There are many still on the streets homeless and sick that served our country. They live day to...

Hello CafeAulait, So glad you found the forum and thanks for sharing your story with us. This forum has a great deal of information on this disorder and also people who have shared their experiences so that others may understand and learn. PTSD is an illness that is almost impossible to...

Hey Pinky... Thanks so much for sharing what's happening with you. Welcome to the forum and know that most of us have experienced your feelings of anxiety. I'm an alcoholic/addict and have been clean and sober for 13 years. The length of time doesn't really matter, because I know I am only...

Hey Harmony... what good work you did by limiting your impulses and respecting his space! I don't know if he was aware of it, but you gave him a huge gift by just supporting him. What struck me was that he seemed to act as if he were safe again. He came to see you, talked and related to you...

jray 707...welcome to the forum and thanks for sharing with us what you are experiencing!! First, I want to take the opportunity to say thank you for taking my place while you were serving in Iraq. For me, being a veteran during peace time was a blessing. I felt that I was always ready, I'm...

Carve Him Like A Turkey? What a great bunch of advice and experience I've received so far!!! :smile: Many, many thanks to all who have reached out and given me support, love, prayers, experience, suggestions, ideas, validation and understanding. I truly was overwhelmed. I like what was said...

Just wanted to thank you for sharing your experience on this forum! :Hug_emoticon: I absolutely love to be uplifted by people like you who are growing and finding their balance and harmony in life. You deserve to be loved unconditionally by someone who wants to be happy for you and with you...

I have recently reconnected with my parents after many years of therapy, maturity, and a recent surgery with my father. I guess I just got to a place where my ability to protect myself (in my bubble of safety!) and being tired of feeling like a victim caught up with me. It must be true that as...

You go She Cat!!! I very much appreciate and respect your experience and hope. You have helped me in ways that make me smile. :smile: Thank you so much for all the time you have spent helping others so unselfishly. May you stay around to post another 5,000. Please do, I just started this...

Hey Ghost... I think I hear you trying to reach a level of acceptance with what you are dealing with. I don't understand the need to read others mind and actions to make sense of how you think they see you. Have you ever asked? Please don't take that statement as judgmental or hurtful, I'm...

Welcome to the forum! I'm glad you were able to find this place to help you and your husband have a place to process and find the answers that work for you. I too was surfing the web and came upon this place. It's been a wonderful and safe place to process my crap. I'm bi-polar also, and...

First I would like to welcome you to the forum. I think you chose a good place to get information on the disease and it's symptoms. You will be able to get perspectives from both the suffer and the carer, like yourself and your children. Being a PTSD suffer myself, I can say through...

Yeah Ghost...and don't they say the eyes are the window to your soul?

Hey Charon, I wanted to validate your feelings of loneliness. I have gone through and, continue in cycles to go through, feelings of severe loneliness and depression. Being a veteran, I understand how different you must feel after serving your enlistment. It took me some time to even relate...

Hello there hoper and welcome to the forum. After reading your posts I wanted to say that being validated is very important to me. I have a history of so many different diagnosis and have tried so many different medications that I almost gave up after all the years of looking for help. All I...

I have to ask you if you stopped on your own or were slowly weaned by a MD? A lot of drugs can't be stopped suddenly without dire consequences. I am so sorry you are experiencing such a reaction. I would suggest that if you stopped on your own, that you call the Dr. that is handling the...

What an accomplishment!! :thumbs-up I'm so proud and excited for you! I know that when you are reflecting on this growth, you will be so happy.. If things get tough later down the road, think on this intense barrier you have jumped over and know that you can do it again and are worth it...