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So I know Halloween is about 6 months away but I was reading an article about the mental illness stereotype and the stigma around mental illness. I was thinking what if a bunch of people dressed up as themselves but had a sign on them saying mental health patient or something like that to show...

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...

Has anybody seen the news story on ISIL releasing a list of 100 military members with their name, rank, photo, and home address on it. We got some information saying that 57 of them were air force members. All members on the list have been contacted by the military and basically briefed on the...

So I have a question for you guys. I was wondering if any of you guys struggle with being an over protective parent? I ask because when my three year old was born he was two months early and spent the first month of his life in the hospital growing until he was big enough to go home. I tend to...

So I noticed this morning contemplating on skipping a book club thing this Wednesday mainly because I have only read about half of the book. I skipped last months but that's because I didn't read any of the book. I really enjoy the book club and other things that I have done in the past as part...

So I had a small victory today. I didn't really see it but my therapist was happy. So in the two weeks since I saw my therapist last I signed a lease on a house off base and have started moving a little and was in a decent car accident and had to deal with some pretty poor excuse for customer...

Just wanted to share this article with you guys showing that the civilian might not have appreciated what you guys did in Vietnam but here is an article that even though it could be considered a dog and pony show it does me good to see that they are commemorating the 50th anniversary of the...

So I'm not sure if this is really a topic or just a vent or asking for help but I'm just going to throw it out there... So I work in a secure environment where they do an investigation to basically every little detail of your life including your medical history before you can work where I work...

So It has been about four months since my accomplishment but I want to share it with you guys because when I think about it I am still very proud of myself. So I'm still active duty Air Force here in the sates, and there was an opportunity to share my story at what they called a storytellers...

So I have been around here for a little while. I spend most of my time on the my combat ptsd forum since my ptsd is mainly from my deployment to Afghanistan in 2010 but is also because of a break in that happened a few months after my deployment. But anyway I like coming to this forum as well...

So I was wondering if anybody else has hit a plateau in their therapy. I feel like I have been on this plateau for a couple months now. Well I feel better at work but I'm in control most of the time at work but outside of work I feel like I barley have any control outside of work and that is...

So I was thinking and I feel as though my therapist keeps having me come back because I'm not to the point that she would like me to be and I feel like I haven't been improving the last several months at least at home. I feel like I'm doing really good at work but that is also because I am in...

So I must admit that I have thought about suicide more then a few times but I have reasons to keep living that always keep me from attempting suicide so I was wondering what is some other peoples reasons to keep living

So a friend on facebook shared a thing that said that when you are doing your Christmas cards to make one and put an injured service member and then gave the address to the walter reed medical center. So I was thinking more on a broader scale about sending thank you letters to wounded troops to...

Hey everybody so I'm an FNG to this forum. I was diagnosed with PTSD back in 2011 after I put off getting help for several months after I got back from my deployment to Kandahar, Afghanistan from the end of March to the beginning of October in 2010. In the 6 months of my deployment we had 86...