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I only really clench my teeth a lot. At least that I'm aware of, I haven't done the body scanning thing before. Even when I'm just sitting doing nothing my teeth clench.

O yeah this has always been me. It use to be needles but I have gotten better about shots but if I'm bleeding a bit or if my blood is being drawn or anybody else I tend to get really light headed and go completely white and start sweating a lot. But that is how I have always been even before the...

It's really weird for me I was first diagnosed with ptsd and getting treatment, then the military moved us and at the new place my new therapist said that she didn't see me as having ptsd but having anxiety and depression. Now that I'm out and going to the VA for care the person there said that...

I usually look around for things that are different then the experience I'm trying to ground myself from. Since I'm no longer active duty military clothing helps a lot because I look down and look at what I'm wearing and focus on the fact that I'm not wearing my uniform or boots and then look...

I would change how I treated my wife before I initially got help. That is really the only regret I have.

I hear you there jaccat. Where they have me sitting now I help out three different offices with admin stuff but most of the time it's helping people with different things and somehow they usually expect me to know everything about their job...

So long story short it has been about a week since I was in an inpatient mental health clinic for a week. But I'm reluctantly back to work. I worked in a secured area and with some financial stress and me being in a mental health facility I am not allowed to be in the secured area for 60 days...

My wife and I went to marriage counseling and it has helped. For me it helped because I was able to get stuff to challenge the wrong thinking patterns when it came to my wife and she could learn about different things that shut me down that she didn't realize that she was doing.

When I am overly stressed out then I tend to mentally shut down. And I can physically feel it when I mentally shut down because it feels like my brain has turned to mush.

I am the youngest my brother is so close to three years older then me that he is actually three years older then me after his birthday until my birthday and then we are only two years apart.

It is tough to break away from what your use to/what your brain thinks is normal. I can't give much perspective on your situation but I know for me when I hear a loud boom or what sounds like a rocket attack siren my body reacts before I even realize what is going on. But to me it sounds like...

For me my family is what gives my life meaning, but God gives my life meaning. It has taken a lot for God to get me to this point but I feel as though my purpose is to help others and be an advocate for mental illness and destroying the stereotype. I did see that June is PTSD awareness month

I played strip poker with some friends it's kind of funny it ended up being half guys and half girls and everybody was comfortable enough to strip down to their underwear and even the women took their bra's off but nobody wanted to take their bottoms off including me and now I wish I would have...

I'm still a bit anxious and on alert when we go to the movies or a restaurant but I have made a lot of progress and refuse to let it have an effect on my family. It's still a struggle but I have been working on it a very long time. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I have hope that one day...

I totally agree it is true though when you have others with you. I know I at least tend to feel the same with feeling on guard and focusing on them and keeping them safe and having fun. I hate to admit this but it tends to be the same way when it's just me and my wife but it's not as bad when...

It might sound kind of wrong of me but the things that help me relax the most is when I'm doing something on my own like I signed up to be part of a wounded warrior project local bicycling group and do monthly rides and even though family support members are allowed to be apart I signed up just...

Back to the OP I noticed that I tend to not be very loving on my wife in the form of hugs or cuddling or any of that stuff, but sometimes usually after reading threads in the supporter part of the forum I realize how much my wife does for me and our family and how much stuff I put her through...

I'm feeling tired today. I think I tossed and turned all night but it's like my brain hits a reset button when I wake up in the morning and I don't remember much of anything of the night.

I'm feeling blah I guess you could say. I'm tired again not sure how well I slept last night I'm assuming I tossed and turned all night with how tired I am. And today has been a looooooonggggg day and it's only going to get longer

my mind was starting to get dirty so I stopped my thoughts at sneaking into movies

I totally see where you are coming from Mosaic if I was in your shoes I would more then likely feel the same way towards your co-worker. I tend to blow things out of proportion as well. It is tough to look at things from the individuals perspective when you feel like that person appears to not...

I have combat related PTSD but don't be ashamed of your PTSD. It is still PTSD and what you went through in basic training what bad enough to cause you to have PTSD and you I wouldn't shame you at all. Just being somebody living with PTSD I tend to feel shame especially when I do things or...

I pick invisibility. I could sneak into movies and if I wanted to just be unnoticed I could just be invisible.

It took me a long time to go to mental health and get help, and it took even more to finally sign up with the wounded warrior project and then took even more for me to actually accept the help that they offered. It's not an easy thing to say the least but when you find a good reputable non...

Kind of sorta but not really... I know it's really confusing. I remember after I enlisted and got to my first duty station the nickname of Monty came to be and I liked it because you couldn't pull jokes or stupid things to say from Monty but for the name Holden there is all kinds of things just...