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To me success would be to feel happiness the vast majority of the time so for me they tie in together. I know I won't be successful all the time and won't be a lot of happiness all the time but at least the vast majority of the time like maybe at least 80% of the time.

It is tough but try to keep consistant and maybe even write down what makes you happy. I must admit I never thought about writing down what makes me happy when I'm doing good until just now when I typed it.

This was very tough but the more I thought about it I discovered something I like about myself. I like my protective instinct at least most of the time. I like that I will fight for any of the people that I love/care for.

I have noticed that I tend to hunch over. It's kind of weird but I noticed that there was an older guy in my home town that always walks around hunched over and my dad and I were talking about somethings and he mentioned that he thinks that he heard that the older guy that walked around my home...

As an active duty member I am not even close to being offended if anything it makes me smile. To me it shows that the father is caring for his son by carrying for the american flag and that what the american flag stands for will craddle his son. It's one of the most beautiful newborn photos I...

You know you have ptsd when you see a black hawk with the red cross on it signifying that it's a medical black hawk and what the average person would find amazing throws you into a flash back and a bad anxiety attack that lasts 10 minutes.

I must admit I usually try to avoid this thread because I don't like thinking about being moved emotionally because when I'm moved emotionally then I'm usually vulnerable and I feel as though if and when I'm vulnerable then I can't be as effective as a person. But anyway what moved me...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANRISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You know you have PTSD when... you instantly think of the worst case senario and how you will handle it and prepare yourself for the worst case senario even when there is no need for it.

Today I'm feeling insecure I guess you could say. But at least I have realized something today. I'm feeling insecure because I have realized that the reason why I tend to not share my struggles/issues with others even the ones I love is because it has taken me so long and so much work to not...

I have had this same problem. I have told myself "I shouldn't have ptsd people that have been through worse have ptsd and I shouldn't. I have also told myself that I should be over it. But through therapy I have learned should is a self defeating term and you will never get to the point that you...

Bad one: The Hurt Locker to me it looks like some of those guys have serious PTSD issues especially the one that doesn't really care if he lives or dies I would say American Sniper is probably good and bad because it shows him having PTSD and how it effects his family when he's home but I'm not...

@LilBit nothing is ever easy especially when you no longer have somebody in your life. Emotions in general are a tough thing and no emotions is tough as well. There was a while and still times when I have no emotions and the emotion I have most of the time is anger. There have been times that I...

It's a really tough thing to deal with. There has been more than one instance where I wished that I would have been physically injured so there would be a visible wound instead of this stupid invisible wound of ptsd that I'm pretty good one day and just having a really tough day the next or even...

Something that has helped me is going over stuff in therapy so much that it starts to become second nature when I'm not in therapy and to keep things that I learn in therapy super simple so I can remember them outside of therapy. Such as my therapist gave me a challenging beliefs worksheet to...

It's kind of tough by is meant by family. My wife and two boys are doing pretty good a little rocky at times but over all I would say pretty good. The rest of my family I tend to not talk about it with them. Still kind of a shame type thing and not wanting them to treat me differently.

Today people that keep their nose out of my business/work makes me angry today. Long story short there is this one individual that is much higher ranking than I am tends to do things for me but completely forgets to tell me until I ask them about a certain thing and then they say o yeah I took...

anonymous. I don't know if it goes back to my childhood or anything but I have similar things. I was a shy and quiet kid growing up but I was loved and had a pretty good childhood. But when I was deployed things that needed to get done got done needs were met. But when I got back and my place...

one of the forums I'm in we tend to call ptsd "the beast" because it truely makes us feel like it's this beast inside of us trying to destroy us.

To me it looks like a problem that every country that has a big impact on the number of military individuals in the "sandbox" is having this problem. To me it seems like anybody that says being at war has no effect on them is a liar. I don't know how anybody can see what we have seen without...

@Lemontree I do really like the Matthew 6:29. The verse that is usually a constant one that keeps coming up is Psalms 121 1, I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? 2, My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. 3, He will not allow your foot to...

It's pretty sad their response time. I have seen a couple of posts on facebook that shows a gun and the caption is this is my 911.

I don't trust law enforcement much at all. When my house that I was living in was broken into twice in the same week it took the police half an hour just to respond and then they said that they never expected to find the individuals that broke into my house and stole everything. Then when I was...

It's funny my wife showed me this on facebook the other day. She loved it to and I busted out laughing.

I remember there was one time that my wife and I had a blow up and I walked I think about five miles in one direction and then the five miles back. She called and texted me and I ignored both and even turned my phone off because I was tired of my phone ringing. As tough as it is I would say wait...