I Managed Down Town Myself Today

[Grama-Herc]

scott. I too tryed the patch was successfull for about 3 months and landed in the hospital..Any connection ya think? I'm sorry that I can't or should I say don't understand you combat stress. but I can and do understand the idea of leaving the house and how frightening that can be. I do't think that I would ever leave the house if I didn't have the responsibility of my 82 yer old mom. Do appts, shopping,etc. But I have finally got what my therapist called my "safe zone" Stores, etc where I can go and NOT have an attack---or seldom-- have one in the location. Of course, it is up to me to pay attention to details like gas. I only have 1 gas station I am able to use so if I run low on gas it can present a problem. So far I have not run out of gas but 1 time it was a close call to get back to MY station. I am assuming that you have panic attacks when you go out, is that right? you will Let me know if I am ever being to nosey won't you? Anyway, til later

 

[Scott_Fraser]

Hi Herc how are you. Combat Stress is a form of ptsd, but its only soldiers that get it, either in combat zones like the Gulf War. I was a British Soldier and although I served and fought in the first Gulf War, I was ok, as my training got me through it. It was the following year when my regiment served in Bosnia, in which used to be Yugoslavia. The things I saw there would turn your stomach. Like massacres of civilians and such, that is where I got my Combat Stress.
Thanks for listening to me Herc
Take care
Scott:hello:

 

[Grama-Herc]

Good moring, Let's walk outside todayl

:hello: Sorry my reply is so long coming still trying to figure all this forum stuff out. I got my first computer and I still can't program the clock on my VCR so I'm SLOW but I get there evertually

 

[Scott_Fraser]

Hi Hercules how are you. Great news that you are slowly getting your PC up and running, I too had problems with this one when I got it last year, a close friend of the family had to show us what to do, so you are not alone.
Can you remember the times when there was no computers and we had to depend on the postal system for mailing and such, Ah happy memories.
But we live in modern times now, and I suppose progress is progress.
How are things with you, you can always send me a pm if you want to chat. I'm all ears if you want to chat.
Take care
Scott:hello:

 

[anthony]

Combat Stress is a form of ptsd

No its not actually technically speaking. Combat stress is not PTSD at all, but what soldiers endure after conflict, but do not have PTSD itself. PTSD from combat is PTSD, combat stress is a lesser after effect, all of which is curable. You either have PTSD, or you have combat stress. For a better term, combat stress is Post Traumatic Stress, without the disorder part, which means no chemical imbalance has taken place within the brain.

You only have one or the other if you want to speak technically in accordance with DSM criteria. PTS and combat stress are merely names for anxiety disorders, but not PTSD itself.