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    Still Around

    Been away for a while, had some things in life which threw me for a while and sent me off in an unexpected series of things which brought up alot of things, anyways im alive reasonably well and still avoiding doing any work by being a student yet again, waiting for them to get tired of me...
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    Socialising Inhibition

    met an interesting chap in the bar last night, second time in the past 6 months ive gone down to the bar here, im off home tomorrow so thought i would go and socialise for once, anyways, met an interesting chap there and we got talking, hes got some stuff going on from his childhood and life in...
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    I Did It - Now Professional Archaeologist

    have been busy finishing off a load of serious report writing these past few months, so have been overstressed and busy, but im happy to say, one seriously screwy once drank too much living in a world of pain chap, has pulled himself up, got cleaned up and is now a proffessional...
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    Inaction on Work - Mental Blocks

    something i have been thinking on which is bugging the heck out of me as i cant find a reason for it, or see where it came from so thought i would see if anybody had any thoughts on it, im very good at what i do and am more than capable in most fields i work in always have been, but when it...
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    Paranoia - How Do You Cope With It?

    ok, im not too bad with it most of the time but sometimes it sneaks up on you unaware and you can become a bit paranoid about things, sometimes about the simplest of things, sometimes about safety sometimes about a lot of things, so how do you deal with it? i try to take an objective view and...
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    Hobbies and a Motorbike

    i got to play with my bike on the weekend, i find working on a restoration keeps me busy it gives my hands and mind something to do, something which is fairly straight forward most of the time and not too stressful, a hobby, restoring a bike gives me a chance to spend time thinking about...
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    Basic Assumptions - What is Normal?

    been thinking on assumptions of ''normal'' and what it means to people, so its a bit long,and has some poop examples in, but it is a thought, maybe others have a few thoughts on this, what is ''normal'' experience of life. one problem i had when dealing with psychologists/iatrists and...
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    Acceptance Of Good Points!

    ok have been thinking on this for a while but something said to me yesterday has got me thinking, learning to accept that people care about you and that they see the good in you is something which is a challenge at times, it can relate to our self image and how we project ourselves into the...
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    Learning and Hobbies - Where Do You Stand?

    someone said something to me which i started to think about, its something which may be useful so i thought i would see what people think. i left school went into work and all the things of the world, learnt trades and stuff the hard way, i found that doing a short course or even a distance...
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    Opener For Ten - Been Through The Worst To Grow Stronger

    success? had a screwy life a bad childhood travelled alot went through a lot of bad things in life, went through first gulf war which left me a bit screwier, had a string of bad relationships which was the icing on the cake, went off the edge of sanity for years, somedays all you could get...
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    Google Earth - I Can See You

    just had a look at latest version of google earth, being a nosey sort i looked at my home, theres the old yellow van my old dad got rid of about ayear ago theres my workshop, and theres me! so after a while i started looking up places of friends and stuff then places ive been, theyve updated...
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    Words - They Come Out One Way, Mean Another - Word Interpretation

    i have been thinking about this for a while, words i use and know what i mean but actually mean something else to most people, earlier today i was quite zoned out- i was not completely aware of my surroundings,not out of a zone or parking area i was space walking- feeling bouncy empty and...
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    Holy Snaffing Duck Shit! Girlfriend Is Being Raped!

    i knew my girlfriend had some problems and i have had an honest chat with her in the past few days, i knew she was sort of seeing someone else but iwas cool with that till tonight, she suddenly realised something when talking with me, that i am a genuine caring person who could never ever hurt...
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    News Female Veterans In The USA

    i dont think the full story on this will come out for a few years yet. this is a brief article in depth,but lots of words. Source: Yahoo News
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    Other Way Round? Dealing With Others Who Have Problems

    over the years i have learnt to look at issues that are causing me problems to look at them and deal with them and take the pain that comes with it, i have learnt that things dont get better if you run or hide from them that they just stay there, i have been in some bad relationships in the past...
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    Physical Health - Long Term Affects of PTSD on Physical Attributes

    with things going on over the years i havent at times paid the most attention to physical health so now im reasonably stable im finding things have caught up with me. drinking smoking and generally leading an unhealthy life style. a lot of people with mental health problems tend to ignore a...
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    In The News - Higher Rates of PTSD in Reservists

    in the news the mod carried out a comparison study between regular troops and reserve or Territorial Army troops who are called up from a part time reserve force, with the situation in the past few years it has been easier to call up reserves and part time TA soldiers thane expand the regulars...
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    Zoning Out - Where Do We Go?

    its a sunny day no too hot had a walk down the road sat on a bench lit a cigarette and , zap, zoned out completely, wasnt even aware that a friend of mine was stood there waving in front of me asking if anybody was in, dang thing just snuck up on me no warning no nothing, just beep end of...
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    Found a good point!

    found a good point about all the poo ive been through over the years, the demons that have tormented me for years have left me a bit of a tough old boot at times, so when a pile of poo fell on me i didnt even blink, doesnt even match up to the pains and visions i have dealt with for years, so...
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    Looking Back at the Gulf

    today i looked up images from the areas i was in during the first gulf, seeing the old places and reading about a million people on the move, looking at pictures of endless starlifters, of armoured columns of parades of 10k+ it all somehow seems strangely unreal on a scale hard to picture like a...
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    Sleeping Problems with PTSD

    long term sleep cycles, over the years have noticed in myself longterm sleep cycles, in febuary i cant sleep till daybreak and sleep is irregular from sep-dec, this is due to events in the gulf and adaptation my body has made over the years, at night i was on alert monitoring for gas and keeping...
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    Interesting Article - Nurse Jailed for Concern

    found a case where a us veterans affairs nurse wrote a letter to a newspaper about george bush and got arrested for subversion although interesting thats not what struck me, it was something else she mentioned, with the recent conflict in iraq the va saw an unprecedented surge of new cases of...
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    Hello - PTSD From the Gulf

    never much good with intros, im jon, currently a mature student, have been around a lot, grew up out in the gulf and saw a lot of bad things was out there during gulf1 which has stayed with me since, in some ways had a rough life and a lot of bad things happen, managed fairly well till gulf2...
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