You have a job as a windsurfing instructor???? I'm sure there are bad times.... but you have a job that many dream of and only few can achieve! Keep up the progress!
Hello Yellow Bug! I live about an hour and a half from you and My son is medically retired from the Army after an IED attack. I also probably have mild PTSD, but it seems to be under control most of the time and not destroying my life, where as I'm afraid that my sons PSTD is understandably...
My son was the gunner in a humvee hit by an IED. He was partially outside of the humvee and was ejected approx 40 feet (several people say farther)from the vehicle. They believe he landed on his legs and then rolled and hit his head. His right knee was twisted and it ripped the PCL Tendon to...
I haven't been back on her to reply to your posts. Sorry. I have been spending a lot of time with K. we have been discussing the situation, but in very small amounts. For example, if he gets frusterated I calmly tell him " you have to get your emotions under control before you blow up. If...
I have mentioned the forum to him several times. He finds it interesting that I'm going to a site like this and listens to what I have learned... read... I suggested that he come here and just read for a while. Get to know how the forum is set up. He is not ANti-forum. But he says it would...
what you say makes sense. I saw him as atacking "weaker" people. I understood the muslum woman triggered the whole war thing, but I was very confused by him getting so mad at "children" there was a situation in the public bathroom where 3 lil boys (all about 10 years old) were picking on...
I went shopping with my kids and a few friends yesterday. My23 year old son (the wounded Iraqi war vet) was with us. I know he is fell of anger and says innappropiate things in ALl the wrong places, but it has never been as bad as it was yesterday. We were in a store. A young lady probably...
We chatted in a private message about the fact that you are a new computer user... and it was causing you a lot of stress. I think that is very understandable. I had teen agers to help me learn the net and I'm sure it is quite over whelming. Just take your time (in both learning to use a...
I was going to go see what the live chat thing was all about but it says I can't enter because I'm not a member. I'm signed up and I am allowed to post now, so I thought I was a member. Anyone know what is wrong?:dontknow:
I took all the quizzes today.... I'm not sure I should try the next one..... I feel really ummmmm "uneducated"!:wall: I got 5 on the last one! Unless you let me count the 7 dwarfs individually?!:dontknow:
welcome to the site Cari! I'm also new here. There is lots of good advice that can be picked up here! Just read and ask questions! Just typing out what you need to say seems to be quite theraputic also!
My son was supposed to be shipped out in January of 05 but got small pox, well cow pox from the small pox vacine. So his deployment was delayed till March. He left the states on March 15th. He was stationed in Camp Taji just outside of baghdad. Come to find out, he was good at cleaning up...
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Thank You all for your warm welcome and Thank You Anthony, for your advice. I have bad dreams after he tells me, but it can't be anyting like the dreams he must have! He saw sooo much death and pain, in such a small period of time... I worry about him! ~Norma
Wow! When I first signed up for this forum, I signed up to get help, helping my soldier son handle his PTSD. Ignoring all the abuse I recieved form my ex-husband... and simply throwing myself into my children's life to avoid my own problems. I DEFINATELY understand the religion conflict in...
My name is Norma. My son only spent 6 weeks in Camp
Taji. (outside of Baghdad) But it was quite tramadic for him. He was involved in 3 events that made CNN. He came home a totally different person. So violent and angry all the time. He has told me a lot about what happeden to him, yet...