News When Veterans Return; About Secondary Ptsd

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I have read the article meanwhile. Could not find the part about the brain or is it in another article? The persons described seem to have not only PTSD but also TBI. They can be proud of themselves - dealing with this resourcefully.

@Ocean5: Is your father a Vet? What was this like for you?

 

[Ocean5]

@Lemontree @Ocean5:father a Vet? What was this like..?[/QUOTE]

Yes father a Vet (Vietnam 2 terms) - powerful question.

In US VA is US hospital system for vets in case you didn't know.

(First most RESPECT for Veterans. Thank you for your service!)

What it was like....walking on "egg shells" best way to describe...everything so unpredictable. Coming home from school worrying police would be there....worrying if my family would be alive... (ok maybe extreme. i don't know...but how I grew up to honest.)

I can tell you more later time when things are better (must be positive to get back to my usual state of positive being.)

 

[Sighs]

@Ocean5 - Hugs if you accept them. My father is also a vet. I don't think your comment was extreme - that's how I grew up too. Its the chaos that frightens kids so much I think. Everything could be fine one minute and all hell could be breaking loose the next. I thought that's how everyone lived. I was about 7 when I asked a school friend where she hid when her dad was yelling. She looked at me like I had two heads and said her dad didn't yell. I remember being confused by that.

Now as the adult partner of a vet its less frightening to me because I feel like I can leave the house if I need to - for a short time or forever - its up to me. As a child you don't have that option.

 

[SeaQuel]

@Born to Run thanks for sharing this article. It was a good read.

I can relate as my father has combat PTSD and has been struggling with it my entire life; I didn't learn about it until last year when I disclosed my own diagnosis. Whether I or others in my family had secondary PTSD is unknown, but in hindsight, it certainly was traumatizing and I believe helped lay the groundwork for my PTSD later in my (now) adult life. Imagine there might be some parallels to living with an alcoholic parent?

 

[Ocean5]

@Sighs

Hugs if you accept them.

Yea I accept hugs - Thank you so much! :)

Wish this forum had more options than just "Like" but "Hug" someone.

@Ocean5 I don't think your comment was extreme

Thank you again and for relating. Rarely met anyone once I left who could relate -- until this forum. But I also kept quiet. When I tried to speak about it to some ...clueless. So I kept more quiet. Just forget past.

@Ocean5 Everything could be fine one minute and all hell could be breaking loose the next.

Yes!! That's why I kept my friends away from so called home and why I had few friends. Once new friend showed-up. Never been so quick to grab my bag, and get him out of there. It was like please, "don't erupt before I get my friend out of here."

 

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Sounds horrible @Ocean5, @Sighs and @DancingBull.