Posted on Dec 2, 2015
This Book Is Changing The Conversation Around Post-Traumatic Stress
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This book is changing the conversation around Post-Traumatic Stress.
PTSD is a "Real" disability. I know, because I have suffered with it since 1967. I waited 40 years before I knew something was very wrong with myself. I stayed drunk all the time, raised hell with my family, cried a lot, tried suicde twice, and eventually I had a breakdown. My wife put her foot down and told me to get help or her and the kids were leaving. A friend of mine, who also had PTSD, and wounds from the war, talked me into going to the VA for help. It was the best decision I've ever made. I hate the meds, but they keep me civil. If you really want help, I think this book may help. I'm going to buy it and see what happens. You're never to macho to ask for help.
And now to the rest of the story:
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“Brave, Strong, True: The Modern Warrior’s Battle for Balance” explores possibility of training military to win mental battles as they do physical ones.
Where, exactly, is the intersection between religious faith and good science? Does it even exist? And might both be used by today’s military to build more resilient warriors?
http://taskandpurpose.com/this-book-is-changing-the-conversation-around-post-traumatic-stress/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tp-today
PTSD is a "Real" disability. I know, because I have suffered with it since 1967. I waited 40 years before I knew something was very wrong with myself. I stayed drunk all the time, raised hell with my family, cried a lot, tried suicde twice, and eventually I had a breakdown. My wife put her foot down and told me to get help or her and the kids were leaving. A friend of mine, who also had PTSD, and wounds from the war, talked me into going to the VA for help. It was the best decision I've ever made. I hate the meds, but they keep me civil. If you really want help, I think this book may help. I'm going to buy it and see what happens. You're never to macho to ask for help.
And now to the rest of the story:
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“Brave, Strong, True: The Modern Warrior’s Battle for Balance” explores possibility of training military to win mental battles as they do physical ones.
Where, exactly, is the intersection between religious faith and good science? Does it even exist? And might both be used by today’s military to build more resilient warriors?
http://taskandpurpose.com/this-book-is-changing-the-conversation-around-post-traumatic-stress/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tp-today
PTSD
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To many times we read or hear people address PTSD in broad terms, however, VA classifies it as Combat or Non Combat. Those with Combat PTSD seem indifferent to those with Non Combat PTSD and spend too much time debating the difference. Not sure I understand the difference when I look to Police, Firefighters or medical responders who come across horrific crime scenes, sometimes routinely and other times just once in their career. These first responders can suffer Non Combat PTSD, but Combat vets seem to diminish Non Combat PTSD as a insignificant. This short list that SGT Keith Bodine has listed reflects points on there that affect Non Combat PTSD folks also.
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Sgt Spencer Sikder, My wife has PTSD from the way I treated her and the kids,before I got help. You don't have to be in combat or a dangerous job to get PTSD.
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Right on brother! I suffer from that same disability and I too did get help and now I can function like a real human being! Thanks for your Post Keith!
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