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But as a response to the OP I have a hard time trusting anybody that isn't me. Well I'm able to trust my therapist and psychologist because they are legally bound to keep my secrets. I don't like relying on others or needing others help because in the past from my traumas and life in general I...

It's Solara, it's alright hun. We all have our issues and questions. It's your responses that I tend to pass over

I think I was very similar in this way as the OP. When I was diagnosed/recently before I started getting help again I told myself it's ok I have PTSD it's normal for me but then through therapy and own self realization I noticed that it wasn't helping. I now try to battle it better because I...

yay I'm not weird for most of my panic attacks lasting an hour or so. All the people that I have talked to that said they should only last minutes

I want people to support me by really just being there for me. To let me know that they are there for me in anyway that I need them to be. Also I would like them to realize that certain things are tougher for me then others but even though something might be tough for me unless I say I can't do...

you know you have ptsd when watching shows that the focus on any way except from the war in Afghanistan or Iraq doesn't bother you. But as soon as you see a movie about anything in the area of operation (aor) gets you feeling anxious and on edge almost like you were back there

I tend to do walks and listen to music. Mainly just being by myself helps a lot.

@Lemontree It is a good question and it may sound weird but I'm just as interested in the answer as you are. I think my OCD like obsessions probaby contributes to the uncontrolability of just about everything with not knowing if you were going to be alive tomorrow or not or where the next rocket...

I'm glad your reading and caring. Take your time with posting. Whenever you feel ready

That is awesome @MT Johnny I'm so proud of you. It's never easy but when you get a reaction that isn't negative helps a lot

I did talk to my therapist about it at my appointment today that funny enough I almost forgot about. And she told me about some military people at her office that tends to forget simple things as well. It didn't give me much comfort but one of the individuals she mentioned is my psychologist so...

@Becksknox I did the same type thing only it was on the weekend for me before I realized I needed help. I pushed my girlfriend away which I'm now proud to call my wife and we have two boys. But anyway I pushed her away and got drunk with acquaintances/friends I meet after my trauma because they...

I'm with you there @Sighs I think also staring death in the face everyday for an extended period of time has some impact. Luckily I never went days without food but the chance of death was a daily thing. As morbid add it sounds I created my own memorial of sorts with my weapon, my boots, my...

hell yeah, the Huey has earned it's place. In my personal opinion it revolutionized choppers.

You know I saw something on facebook a couple times that I don't remember exactly what it said but in summary it said marriage isn't about two perfect people finding eachother it's about two imperfect people that refuse to give up on eachother. To me @Wastinglight as long as you both refuse to...

I must admit I tend to be the same way but it feels like it's reasonable at least in my brain. But when you serve in the military and especially when you are deployed you get use to being able to trust the individual next to you that they will have your back when stuff hits the fan (bad things...

I have combat related PTSD so I'm probably not a very good judge but I work with individuals that use to be in the military and either retired or just regular separated. And it seems to me like the longer somebody is in the military the more their mind sticks with the military way of thinking...

I know it has been almost a year but I am in the same boat. My memory sucks it has never been amazing but since my ptsd it has been horrible. I was even miss diagnosed initially as having ADD because my memory is so horrible and when there is a lot going on I have a really hard time focusing...

I remember a couple times that I have used PTSD as an excuse a while ago like not wanting to go shopping between Thanksgiving and Christmas because of all the crazy shoppers and the amount of shoppers but talked it through with my therapist and did some exposure therapy and even though I still...

I also really like WAG= wild ass guess, SWAG= scientific wild ass guess. I remember when I was like how can I make cluster f*ck sound nicer... so I decided cluster fornication is pretty good. There has been another one that I came up with that instead of saying grow a pair or that person has...

I love FUBAR!!!!! I think it started out as a military thing but some people know what it means. There could probably be a book written with all the different acronyms.

you know you spend to much time on ptsd boards when you check it at every hour to see if you have any new notifications or are any new threads.

This one is for my wife... When you don't watch certain movies because it might trigger your sufferer even though you want to watch it, and then watch it when your sufferer isn't around.

I use to/still do tend to use a lot of black and white thinking but one day I in therapy realized that my black and white thinking especially when it came to myself was only destroying me and making everything worse. I still have a tough time with the gray. It's not easy but is a slow work in...

I would say come clean to both your therapist and your psychatrist. They are legally bound to keep your secrets unless it involves harming yourself or others. I learned the hard way that trying to make things look good doesn't work and just prolongs getting the help you need. They can't truely...