My Life Story

[Ronnid3]

I am new too!! I am glad you have made it here. I am so thankful for your service to our country.
Hang in there!!:funnyfaces:

 

[J.C.]

Hello Papa369,
Welcome to the forum!
J.C.

 

[krystina]

Welcome!!!!!!!
nice to have you here!

 

[rosie]

welcome its lovely to see you opening up about your past, you obviously need to talk about it some more :) all i can say is were here and we all care :) and also not to be ashamed of who you are. you should be patting yourself on the back for bravery.

 

[jock bubbleskin]

Thank you very very much for being here and sharing your story.

 

[Lucycat]

Hi and Welcome, Jock!:)
Nice to see a fellow countryman!:applause:

Regards
Lucy x

 

[Ted Moen]

Thanks for sharing Papa369! I'm also a Vietnam combat vet who had childhood and adolescent trauma. I sometimes joke the earlier trauma prepared me well for combat :). It sounds like you have done an excellent job of learning to live with PTSD. I really enjoy this forum because it gives me a healthy outlet for the passing thoughts and feelings. Welcome :)

Ted

 

[Papa369]

Hi again:
Update time, I have been married 33 years now and have been blessed with a 7th Granddaughter. I think/feel I suffer PTSD on several fronts. My childhood issue's, loss of my Daughter at 18 years of age, and Viet-Nam. Thankfully my memory has forgotten a lot of the issues in my childhood. One can never get over the loss of a child, especially when it was a brutal murder. Viet-Nam is the reason I have returned here again. My stepdaughter and her husband are both in the military reserves and have been activated on occasions in the last few years. I now have 2 of my Grandson's in the military. One is in the Navy and on an air craft carrier as we speak and the other is in the army and he is a medic. I worry a lot about him. He hasn't been activated yet, but its only a matter of time.
I've started having nightmare's again. As a Marine I saw, did and witnessed things I hope no one ever has to witness. I typing this more for my sake than anything else. It helps me get thru some of the dark nights. Thanks for listening
papa369

 

[intothelight]

Congratulations on your newest grandchild! I hope you find the information and support here helpful.