PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective

Blog URL:http://www.ptsdasoldiersperspective.com/
Blog Tags:PTSD, trauma, dissociation, combat, veteran, soldier, multiple deployments, treatment, research
Country:United States
State/Province:Kentucky
Location:Louisville

Combat PTSD Vet, blogger, advocate and social work student with a unique perspective in all aforementioned.



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The Voices in my Head

on Apr 14, 2020

It's been a year of knowing I have dissociative identity disorder. I was so confused for most of my life due to the inability to access canyons of memories held by other parts cut off from the rest to hide, and carrying their burdens.My inner voice t...

Eight weeks ago I was diagnosed as HIV positive from indiscriminate sex. While giving me clarity, it's had a profound impact on my physical, and mental health.by Scott LeeA year ago the rashes on my face and neck began. Gradually I started feeling ho...

Finding a compassionate and empathetic therapist is a must to heal from trauma.Vets, if we do not develop a connection with our therapist, it’s unlikely we will keep our appointments. If missing an appointment call to cancel, and reschedule, so ano...

Robert Lanza, the author of Biocentrism, is a heralded biologist, and a leading quantum theorist. He posits that we live inside a galactic entity, that all matter contains some amount of consciousness. He also states that when we die our conscio...

Let me break it down, if you are here to learn or share. If you are here for nefarious reasons, I reserve the right to make fun of you. To educate the masses, of course.All of the arguments against transgender people serving have already been answere...

Fear and Loathing in Iraq...see if I can rememberhold on..Act One:We gotta addressthe silence,taking us out.It’s an honorto mediatethe psychologyof death.To witnessanatrocityis alife sentenceofsuicidal thinking.To atone,live,dieor share.Act Two:Boo...

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forward. ~ Søren KierkegaardIf suggesting that letting go was actually the best and easiest option, then the world be a different place and I would of “fixed” myself long ago. Might as...