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For me...it seems the more I feel, the more I push them away...:confused:

Hi, and welcome to the forum. A sothers have said, it's probably best not to push her. In terms of her being a marine etc...Some of her possible (note the word possible...as it's different for everyone) triggers will be things like crowds...cars backfiring...fireworks/firecrackers (essentially...

Welcome to the forum, all of you! :D This is indeed a very supportive place, with lots of good info and lots of support. Glad you've all made your way here.

I always prefer writing too...and in some cases, I was able to email the prof first...But, when I did end up going in person, I would mumble something very quickly and show them the note...Granted, I also do the "selective mutism" thing so...even when I wanted to elaborate (in a couple of...

Hi Lucille, I can relate to what you say on many levels...I have a very hard time with compliments...I also have a hard time believing people when they say good things, especially about my looks or intelligence...People have thrown around words like ("brilliant," "gifted" or "beautiful" or...

Hi Maelstrom, I had very similar problems when I was at univeristy. I warned one prof that I might not be able to hand my paper in on time (this was way before it was due) because of focus issues and I may have mentioned in very very general terms (I wasn't sure at that time that it was ptsd...

Thanks, Mrs. T...That makes sense :)

Wouldn't it have been you reality, I mean at the time it was happening? Sorry, I'm kind of slow and have been ill these days so maybe I'm just misreading your post. Having had laregely negative experiences with Western psych...I am considering trying meditation etc...so I find your post very...

Welcome to the forum, Che Guebuddha (Love your username/avatar!). I can relate to scanning places (ie roofs of buildings) for snipers etc...Anyway, glad you're here.

This is exactly why I won't go on meds...no matter how bad things get...As long as I'm the sovereign of my body etc.

I was on that (citalopram...low dose and very briefly) but after an initial high, I'd be more depressed than I was to begin with. I haven't been on meds since and I haven't found anyhting else that helps...

Could be...sometimes gifted people underachieve...I wodner if at times the ptsd comes in handy to thos eppl in a sense...not necessarily to be used as an excuse...but just a way to "justify" imperfection...I don't know if that made any sense...Then again...that might only serve to exacerbate...

I'm a little late to this thread but thanks for posting it, Jen! I have often wondered the same thing...that is, if those who are "gifted" are somehow more likely to get ptsd after a trauma precisely because often they are more sensitive...That's not to say those people are the only ones to...

I can relate to this too...Nightmares of dismembered bodies...blood everywhere etc...Most recently, they involve a soldier who was playing around with hand grenades forcing several people on the ferry (myself and family included) to put the devices in our mouths and set them off...

Anni, you're perfectly right...I don't think I've ever seen a place where so many are willing to vote etc. vs. their self-interest...:(

Yup...China is Communist only in name these days...when you think about it, it's actually pretty capitalist...

Yup...you'd be surprised how much you can go without when you have to...

Nah...just sell poor people's kids to the rich or alternatively, eat them themselves...There, population control and world hunger solved!

Zipperhead, I, too, am sorry if I have hurt your feelings as that was not my intention. Anni, if your post was directed at me, and I suspect it was, please let me respond and then I promise I won't go there again. First of all, the thread is both about the possibility of another World War, as...

Zipperhead, I appreciate where you're coming from and I hope you know this isn't meant as any criticism of the people in the military. They are brave men and women who lay their lives on the line and I have absolutely no doubt that their motives are to protect us and I respect that...

Interesting points, everyone. Loloma, I'd posit that the world is already being run by a few nations and the super rich. In my opinion, WWIII has actually been going on for a long time now. It started with the assault on democracy and by that I mean the concentration of the media in the hands...

Yaaaaaaaaay to WWIII....just what we need!

Welcome to the forum! You've come to the right place. :)

Wow...didn't know there's an app for that...

Welcome to the forum, AQ. Many of us felt like we were crazy before we knew what's wrong with us...Some of us still think we're crazy...Anyway, glad you found the forum. You'll find lots of great info and understanding here.