Sufferer Hello - have been researching the why & how, & look forward to learning from you all.

[cherileisman]

Absolutely! I have just rescued a black lab pup & am going into service dog training with him so we can assist our local RCMP and Victims Advocates. I just delivered a paper on Service Dogs & PTSD Therapy, down-side is I will actually have to leave my house and interact with live humans without triggering my crazy, but keeping my fingers crossed :nailbiting:

 

[Esterio]

Cool that is something worth doing and getting out side and back around people is a major step forward. What gets me out a couple of afternoons per week and help people in a care facility play bingo and I go walking with a friend out in nature. I don't interact with many people.
So good for you you are moving forward.

 

[cherileisman]

Good for you! I think to give of your time and self to others is part of the healing process. The community I live in is quite small, I am its only PTSD sufferer and hence, resident treatment/therapy lab rat but all have been very supportive since I was rescued, so to give something back is important to me. In my own small way I want to do my best to ensure what happened to me, never happens again, but knowing the human animal as I have come to do, at least I can try and ease the pain for whomsoever comes after me. Compounded with PTSD, this has been a long, hard, lonely and at times unbearable struggle and it b

 

[cherileisman]

Good for you! I think to give of your time and self to others is part of the healing process. The community I live in is quite small, I am its only PTSD sufferer and hence, resident treatment/therapy lab rat but all have been very supportive since I was rescued, so to give something back is important to me. In my own small way I want to do my best to ensure what happened to me, never happens again, but knowing the human animal as I have come to do, at least I can try and ease the pain for whomsoever comes after me. Compounded with PTSD, this has been a long, hard, lonely and at times unbearable struggle but something to make life worth living has to com

 

[Esterio]

I was born and live in a small isolated community. You get sent out of town for everything so a person needs to be able to travel. Mental health their is not much choice. I am not a danger to myself or others at this point in time so I go to the back of the line. Most of the help and support I have found is online.
Life with ptsd can be everything you have said and more. Life is still worth living even though not many understand why you do the things you do. I have anger/rage issues that are best dealt with on my own. I have change from fight to flight.
I don't think it is possible to make it so stuff doesn't happen again, good to hear you are willing to help others.
Peace be safe

 

[cherileisman]

I get that! They took my drivers license so cannot travel for PTSD-trained professional help, my therapist isn't even a psych professional lol.

OMG! The anger/rage is the worst part for me. So volatile, uncontrollable. Good thing I have no friends to share it with. Honest, I can learn to live with the other symptoms/responses but the anger is soo hard. Flight to fight is a good way to describe it. Hope you enjoy your day!