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I cannot answer your question, but I can tell you that there is a correlation between PTSD and stupid / destructive behavior. In our search for something that makes us feel better all reason and rationality can be forgotten. PTSD and impulse controll issues go hand in hand.

Don't you think a soldier's exposure to death and violence would realistically desensitize him/her to the horrors of suicide, compared to civilians? Therefore aiding him in "overcoming the instinct for self preservation"?

Maybe this thread is going to be a good read for you. https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/does-anyone-else-feel-like-a-fraud-sometimes.61715.

Did you ever hear about Kratom? I made a thread about it. https://www.myptsd.com/threads/kratom.55773/ Its a herb that gets dried and grind to powder. It is a slightly psychoactive substances, and it helped me more then anything to turn my life around.

Because you dislike Windows, or because that kind of change is often frustrating?

I don't know if this helps, but I absolutely get what you are talking about. You did a great job putting in into words. I have those days myself. For me its always a sign that I have too much accute stress going on. Sucks when you can't really do anything about it. While I cannot tell you...

The opposite really. Forum would be poorer without @FridayJones .

I hope I am right in believing that sometimes short snappy answers are the way to go, and sometimes a nice sprawling story is just right. Just two days ago I wrote a long post about me in someone's thread, and the OP was very very happy about it. It was just what the OP needed. Made my day...

@Ava Jarvis I saw you deleting posts and replacing them with "Just my gibberish" or something, and that made me very sad. Would have loved to read what you have to say, always do. This was not at all what those threads were about, even when that was very difficult to parse. I am not a mod, but...

I disagree mildly. I benefited greatly from it and I have read about many who did too. Its a tool and a good one when others have failed. Its a last resort kind of thing for a rock-bottom situation. If and what a rock-bottom situation is people have to decide for themselves.

You assume too much intent. Which is exactly what both partys did to get us to this point.

So important. So difficult sometimes. Same. And if those things seem too difficult, most of the time they are much easier after an hour or two. I had to curb my tendency to go into a wild typing spree, spreading hurt and blame, by developing my own ritual to get that one or two hour of...

Good post. Please be proud for working hard on staying rational and reasonable. You are doing great.

Would love to hear how you guys experiment works out.

(maybe I get totally wrong who you are. so take this all with a load of salt) (edit: I GOT WRONG WHO YOU ARE) (edit: ABORT! ABORT!) Listen man, I would love to help you and be there for you and listen to you. And if I want that, then many more do too. Im not special that way. But I see so much...

This sounds horrible. Am I getting this right? He kicked you out with your baby girl, and you are still focusing on how to help him? It seems he is either a) a horrible person that is no worth fighting for. Or b) He is immensely troubled and needs professional help that you cannot provide. If...

There is a question I really like: Why do you fight? And my own answer to that is: So that I don't have to. I think there is a lot of hope in that. For the longest time I fought to win, and it nearly killed me. I wanted to beat it all, to stand victorious on a mountaintop yelling "I did it!"...

Troll alarm? Troll alarm.

Are you directing this at me or at xraydave? You used "you" a lot, so I cant tell.

I don't know if this is helpful to add, but I read your thread thrice now and also looked in your other threads and I honestly do not understand what you are trying to communicate. Not one bit. I just say this, because in the past I have found it immensly helpful when people told me I did not...

When I don't taper I get severe restleg leg syndrom at night, which is a very special kind of hell. But a very small dose before going to bed is all I need to taper succesfully. Otherwise I found stopping my can a day coffee habit gave me far more severe symptoms. @Abraxas Your brew sounds so...

@xraydave Hey there. I have been very open about the fact that I have been where you are now. When I was at my worst, a few years ago, I behaved horribly, most of all to my partner. Low empathy and high aggression. For me it was PTSD that was at that point unknown to me, an alcohol issue, an...

Goshdarnit! I just did that and didn't even really notice it until I read your post.

Oh yes. All the f*cking time. I have this cycle figured out. (Still in the process of figuring out how to break out of it) -Everything is fine. But everything connected to PTSD makes me feel like a lier, a fraud, a malingerer. Everything else is okay though. -Something bad happens, everything...

Thank you for advice @Ragdoll Circus. Why havent I thought of writing? I am the one suggesting everyone to write! This thing is wrecking my nerves. I think I will write end of month, instead of calling.