Posted on Nov 4, 2013

If you were diagnosed with PTSD or TBI would you seek medical aid or believe that you would be just fine?

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Cpl Glynis Sakowicz

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My son in law came back from Afghanistan with a raging case of PTSD.  I am ashamed to say, since I was fine, the husband was fine, that we tended to roll our eyes for a few days, until I found all six foot five two hundred pounds of son-in-law, curled up on the floor shaking and crying and he couldn't explain why.  <div>He was hospitalized for a month, and he's doing better, thank you, but I can't forgive myself for not taking him seriously, because he finally told me, that the day I found him crying, he was trying to keep himself from just walking out into traffic or taking a knife to his own throat, because he just couldn't deal with the rage and anger inside him.</div><div>My answer, though long in coming is, seek treatment as soon as you realize there is a problem, because not doing so, is so much worse for those who love you.</div>

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<div>I have gotten help for my PTSD, and it has helped tremendously. I have had multiple TBI's and was diagnosed with PTSD in 2006. At first I didn't go get help because of the so called stigma behind PTSD and you will lose your job or not get promoted. But let me be the first to tell you, it is not true. Shocking,right?!!! LOL. I got to the point that I almost lost everything in my personal life because I was not getting the help I desperately needed. So, I went and it was one of the best decisions I have made in the 20 years in the Army. It saved me and my family. The Sergeant Major of the Army, CSM Chandler, tells soliders all the time to go get help. He did and it also saved his Marriage. </div><div><br></div><div>To all of you in the RP nation, If you think you may have PTSD, go get some help because you just might have it. Only you know you better then anyone else. Who knows, it might save your life or some one else's. </div>

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CH (CPT) Heather Davis

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1SG Cottrell:

Thank you for your personal courage, my Father was in WWII, and my Grand Father was MIA for a year. This impacted several generations due to intergenerational PTSD.

Veterans with a history of childhood molestation and
physical abuse unknowingly take on the attributes of Combat Posttraumatic Stress. The emotional numbing, irritability, and
acute stress reactions increase the vulnerability to psychopathology in the
soldier and the next generation (Bremner, 1993). The high prevalence of exposure
to stress early in life may result in long term changes in the neurobiological
system. Complex
symptoms are major contributors due to the repeated trauma that took place in
early childhood critical development years. Dysphoria and anger mirror the
chronic dysregulated emotional response causing the individual to be easily
startled creating a vicious cycle of avoidance and aggression (Bremner, 1993).

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SGT John Rice

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I suffer from PTSD plus a laundry list of other mental problems following the ODS. I tried to at first convince myself that I could control it, but ended up seeking help after finding myself, back in Germany, this time having left my wife stateside, standing on the side of the road waiting for a bus to come along. I was not at a bus stop, but rather was waiting to step in front of it. Went to the Chaplain to start the ball rolling.

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CH (CPT) Heather Davis

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SGT Rice:

Thank you for your personal courage and if you inbox me I can send you a paper I wrote on "Intergenerational PTSD".

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Cpl Ray Fernandez

Posted >1 y ago

I think the hardest thing for a person to do who is trained to be tough, self reliant, and focused is to admit they need help. The other part of the equation is taking away the stigma that those who do need help face. It's a tragedy that we make people fear for their careers all because they admit they need help coping with what they experienced. I've had brief moments in the past where something happened that took me back to my own noncombat deployments, luckily I had many friends who served with me that I was able to talk things out with and luckily that was enough for me. <br>

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PFC Juan Resto

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I was diagnosed with non-combat, service connected PTSD in May after I pretty much lost it and admitted myself into my local VA Hospitals ARC (Acute Recovery Center) unit, why because if I would have had the chance, I just might have hurt myself pretty bad. I ignored everything going on with me because of this small and insignificant event that happened for 13 years and look where it got me. Because my situation wasn't combat I didn't feel it qualified me to seek help but now that I'm in the VA getting the help I need, and learning to cope with anxiety, depression, and anger management, and also learning to get myself past the event and lead a fuller life, I have no regrets.

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Cpl Ray Fernandez

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PFC I'm happy to hear you're doing better.

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1SG (Join to see)

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Good for you PFC Resto

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