Yet Another Fng

[jackrabbit]

Greetings all,

I'm a retired Army E6. Did some work across the globe, mostly in South America and Africa.

Became a contractor and worked some more; mostly in the Americas.

I'm here because I thought I'd worked through all my PTSD, but lately some shits been cropping up that I can't get a good handle on. So I figured my brothers and sisters would be a good resource.

I've been ghosting the forums for a while now, but figured it's finally time I say hello.

Thanks.

Rabbit

 

[GRT]

Howdy Rabbit! You couldn't have picked a better LZ to set her down!

 

[Spock]

Welcome Rabbit

 

[Zipperhead]

Afternoon Jack

 

[jackrabbit]

Thanks for the welcome, brothers.

 

[JarHed]

Hey Jack

Welcome to the forums. Great people and a ton of info.

Sometimes this stuff doesn't come to the forefront till you retire, either from the military or other career. Docs don't seem to know why either. Perhaps more time to think.

JarHed

 

[Jimmy1]

Good Morning Jack,

Have a read, if you can't find what your looking for, ask away.

Jimmy

 

[reddevil1111]

Rabbit, Welcome. I played around in the Americas 20 plus years ago. Columbia, Panama and Honduras.

 

[jackrabbit]

We likely chewed some of the same ground, Red.

 

[Ned]

Morning JR. I'd been out of the Army 10 years before it hit (but probably affected before that). Combat Stress reckon 14 years dormancy is pretty standard.
Now for the good news, this is a great site, but you've probably worked that out for yourself.
Welcome.

 

[Jimmy1]

You know what Rabbit, even I am guilty of thinking I have a handle on things, then unforeseen things spring up in everyday life that reminds me of just how f*cked up I am.

My wife is also guilty and she will admit to it, as sometimes I might go a few months without a hiccup and she sort of forgets if you know what I mean, and then bam, a reality check, and we all feel it.

So your not alone buddy and there is always someone here to talk to. You can probably PM anyone too and they will answer.

 

[JarHed]

Yeah, it's true, when you hit a good patch for a while and things start feeling 'normal' is when something comes along to remind you. It's just never done and we're never over it. But it does get better. A few years ago I was in a very bad place, everything was black and gloomy. I never imagined that I'd be where I am now. I can actually say that I have more good than bad days now. It's never easy, and that's OK, there's always something. That's just part of life. It's also good to have a place like this to just be yourself and talk.

We're only human.