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Since being diagnosed in 2011, I have had a hard time with my PTSD. VA meds and counseling have done a lot to help control the instances, and how to identify my triggers and why they are triggers.
But how many of my brothers and sisters suffering PTSD/ "Chronic Adjustment Disorder" still get suddenly T-boned by an onset of symptoms and are unable to identify the trigger? When this happens without warning, are the calming techniques you've learned sufficient to get you through or does it have a longer lasting negative effect on you?
But how many of my brothers and sisters suffering PTSD/ "Chronic Adjustment Disorder" still get suddenly T-boned by an onset of symptoms and are unable to identify the trigger? When this happens without warning, are the calming techniques you've learned sufficient to get you through or does it have a longer lasting negative effect on you?
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could be a car door...a pot hole...cannot avoid doing a terrain analysis, specifically for soil disruption....constant awareness of garbage or dead animal carcasses along the roadsides....pot hols, every pot hole is suspect....some days are really bad
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CSM, this is random, but I went to Sniper School with your son recently. Made a good friend.
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I can't sit with my back to a door or window or to people I don't know . I have to have a clear view out or inside the door way when entering or exiting a room or building.
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Sometimes, my wife warning me before she opens a biscuit container. The pop makes me get the dirt.
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SGT Josheua Cooke
At least you get the warning, The factory I work at has a siren for quitting time that sounds like the FOB IDF siren we had...
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SGT Bryon Sergent
My wife says that I have started yelling BOOMB in the middle of the night now. Maybe that is the reason she is sleeping in another room and not my snoring!
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I'm guilty as hell of this, but whatever you do, DON'T isolate. It makes things worse until you get "over" it, and while you're doing that, life is quickly passing you by. I try to stay out of public areas (Malls, stores, wherever there are a lot of people). And if I go, I have someone with me, and a timer. I'll give myself so much time to accomplish my task and get the hell out. And for the moments it hits with no warning, I ride it out. I've been on the road in my pick up and with a blink of my eye, I'm driving my Cougar talking to my TC and gunner back in the Stan. If I'm sleeping I also ride it out. NO ONE tries to wake me up. Usually I'll shake myself awake when they're bad. Ironic thing is, I'm looking at my profile pic and one would think I'm a complete asshole, and to an extent you're right, but I'm the nicest son of a bitch to anyone I meet, especially vets or AD folks. I'd give and move the world for anyone who needs it, and I'm always there to help others who are dealing with PTSD. I can always help them, and give pointers, just not good at doing them myself.
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