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I hear you. My kids are 12 and 9 now, but when they were babies, boy was it hard. The noise in the house, the BABY MONITOR magnifying their every twitch and breath. I remember my anxiety going through the roof sometimes. This isn't much help to say, but it does get easier. The first time...

My anger has subsided. I got home from work, then had to cheer up to work with a student of mine. It helped to do something other than perserverate on the dog. I have not mailed the letter to the landlord. It is in an envelope with a stamp on it. But I haven't mailed it. Something tells...

Hi again... I'm bumping this thread up again. Dog visits to my yard are happening again. This after the landlord clearly marked the property line last spring with those little survey flags. Dog was in my yard again last spring as one of the ladies next door watched and did nothing. I banged...

Yes it did. I was less stressed about it. Of course, there was the inner voice going "you should find out about the parade. How many people are there are they drunk what are they doing why arent you there?" But... I acknowledged it and then tried to move on. When the evening news came on...

I wear cowboy boots all the time. Long story, but they make me happy.

Well, I made it through the big St. Patty's parade. By all accounts at work it was a drunken haze. AND I DIDNT GO TO IT. And I didn't miss going to it!

Thanks for the profound thoughts! Really, I mean it. I never thought about it that way. I can CHOOSE to go to those things if I want, but I don't HAVE to, because I'm not someone who NEEDS to be where everyone else is or doing what EVERYONE (ha ha) is doing! You made my day.

This is a very very good way of looking at it, richter. I can opt in or out if I choose. :) thanks!

Solara: this parade is about 30 miles away, but it seems like every time you turn on the TV (or rather, my wife turns on the TV) we have blather about the BIG PARADE or the BIG FESTIVAL. GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY IT. EVERY WEEKEND COUNTS. I know, I know. Turn off the TV. I am learning to do...

I am learning to ignore them, but it is very very hard for me. I WISH I had silence like you do, richter. I wish I didn't have neighbors, and I'm tired of being "a miserable sod" (love those words).

Hi. Thought I'd post this here, because I need some insights from fellow sufferers. I have non-combat PTSD. I was bullied severely as a child. I felt very ostracized by my peers and this has left lasting mental and emotional scars. I'm territorial, hypervigilant, and afraid of anything...

Ok, my turn. You know you have PTSD... -when you think that everyone is out to get you... including the neighbor's cat. -you feel like the person in the car behind you is PURSUING you, not following you. -the sound of someone's lawnmower outside is enough to make you jittery. -If someone comes...

Just reading all this... boy, I'm thankful for all the parts of PTSD I DON'T have. Wow. Here I thought my case was bad. It isn't. Thanks for giving me perspective.

I have non-combat PTSD from other kids bullying me severely when I was a kid. If I were to buy and read ONE book on PTSD, what would you recommend?

Thanks, people! (Good to hear from you scout. I had a great time gallumphing through the snow on my horse Saturday!) One day at a time...

Thanks again, Ocean5. You are right. It isn't the dog that bothers me. I like dogs. I'm a horse person, and my horse has somehow helped me with PTSD. Can't explain it. And he's not even "my" horse. So I get the whole PTSD/dog connection. The dog never barks at us when we are outside...

This is me totally. I don't have time to write more right now, but will soon.

Hi. I realized this morning that PTSD and anxiety don't have to rule my life any more. I hate the onset of spring. We go from dark (safe) and cold weather (safe), quiet and civility to NOISE and PEOPLE AND STRANGERS WHO GET IN OUR SPACE! AND NOISY CARS WITH STEREOS AND ... you get the idea...

Thanks, Ocean. hmmmm... that is certainly an idea. But the dog never is not a barker or a vicious dog, even though she is as big as a small pony! But I will consider it. Even if for no other reason than "scare the neighbors into not being idiots" angle. But I'm hoping that the note to...

Still no paw prints. :) But, the weather is supposed to warm up next week. Everyone will be outside. There will be no peace in the valley (this is what my mind is saying, anyway).

Another day, no tracks in the yard. Ahhhh.... maybe my letter worked...

Simon: thanks for your candor. Digger: What I meant by being fine with the landlord not getting back to me was: I'd rather have no response than him coming over and yelling at me like he did the last time I went over and talked to his tenants about being in my yard. Simon: I don't know...

Hi. My next-door neighbors have a large large dog. We have a chain link fence between our yards, but the trouble is that it is not at the property line. It is about 4-6 in from the edge. The previous house owners did that because there is a row of trees between the yards. So we own about 6...

Thanks Lewa! Our problems are similar, but occur at different times of the year. I need to exercise more, and I know when I did run (briefly) it did help a lot with my attitude and mood. My problems surface most when I am not busy, and when I don't have enough to keep me busy. Then either...

I am getting over a plugged ear. It is not funny at all! I finally in desperation searched for a way to unplug my ears. Google "valvsaga" unplug ear. It worked on my ear in about 30 seconds. :)