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I'm one of those confusing people. I use to be really introverted until I met my wife who is more extroverted and now I enjoy my time alone and re charge when I'm alone but sometimes I enjoy my time with others and am re charged when I'm around others. I think it mainly is about the people I'm...

could be why some people get miss diagnosed as having bi polar

I have never tried it but sounds like it would be interesting.

It is tough I use to see them as two different people but I'm slowly combining them. Well at least trying to, I don't openly talk about it but if the subject comes up I try not to hide it. Or when I'm triggered around people I keep it in my head and if it's bad enough I excuse myself and go to...

You know I haven't even thought about those things. I have thought about watching a scary movie a few times but never actually have acted on my impulses. I remember years ago watching the movie ghost ship and enjoyed watching it

So I have been thinking about my darkness and I guess you could say I'm more ashamed of my darkness. But it seems like very similar to PTSD some people's darkness is very different but it other ways is very similar. I wish my darkness sparked creativity but with my training before I deployed...

Thank you for the cookie :) and now for how I deal with my darkness. I tend to feel like those old cartoons with the angel on one shoulder and the devil on the other, but not completely to that extreme. I'm trying to think of how much to share I tend to feel some shame in my darkness and I try...

I'm kind of with you there. I have gotten to a point that I say just because I have ptsd doesn't mean that ptsd has me. I have experienced some stuff and now my mind can't let go of the state it was in when the stuff happened but that doesn't mean I will let it control every aspect of my life.

I know this isn't really a plant or a flower but thought it was funny when a co worker told me a few months ago.... I am a mushroom they feed me shit and keep me in the dark... I honestly don't really know enough about plants/flowers to pick what I would be. Maybe a venus fly trap I look nice...

That is a really tough situation. I hope the best for you.

@MT Johnny that is a tough one I am in a similar boat. I know all the right answers and I'm doing all the right things but it never gets any easier and sometimes it feels tougher. I am with you in wanting a "regular" life but it just doesn't seem possible. I wish I had the answer but all I can...

That is true. I wouldn't mind putting a bullet in a terrorist though...

Has anybody seen the news story on ISIL releasing a list of 100 military members with their name, rank, photo, and home address on it. We got some information saying that 57 of them were air force members. All members on the list have been contacted by the military and basically briefed on the...

It's the keyboard warriors.... they are all big and bad behind their keyboard but once it comes down to it if they were face to face they wouldn't say half of the stuff they say online...

it is quite an interesting article and kind of shows that men and women tend to communicate differently if we realize it or not.

I saw this on the news. I'm gonna have to look for this in hard copy. It can definately help a lot.

I feel hopeless today but not quite sure why. But thinking back when I was deployed I felt hopeless the vast majority of the time and this time five years ago I was in afghanistan... I was there for six months and I don't want this feeling to last six months...

I would probably tell them some of the genaric symptoms that anybody with PTSD tends to expierence and not be to specific to your PTSD. That way you can give them some insight without getting to personal.

I'm not really quite sure about self compassion. I don't have a lot of that but I do tend to listen to all different kinds of music.

I remember listening to light type music and noticed that since my trauma I really enjoy listening to music like linkin park and harder stuff.

I haven't witnessed close combat or murder terror but I have experienced combat and can relate to always being on guard and only having a drink helps calm me down. Well before I got help and am now on meds to help regulate myself

Hell yeah @FridayJones that is what I wanted to do but didn't want to get myself into trouble since it wasn't me she was attacking. That is how a mother f*ckin marine kicks ass.

Make sure you take all of your antibiotics. The reason so many things are becoming antibiotic resistant is because so many people don't take all their antibiotics and if one single organism of the sickness isn't killed then it can develop an imunity to that certain antibiotic and won't work next...

@Solara I love your little thing about calling out a liar... it's one thing to call out a liar when you know 100% positive that they are a liar and it's a completely different thing to be a totall ass to just about everybody on the forum. I to have been seeing all your different posts and even...

The two times I have seen a therapist they have both been women and in all honesty I feel most comfortable talking about my issues with a woman maybe it's because the expected response from a guy is to suck it up. My phycologist is a guy but I feel very comfortable with him but that's because he...