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Wives of Vets with ptsd read this please
Wanderings of a Disoriented Muse | November 20th 2009 by Rich
http://www.vietnamveteranwives.org/DearButtercup.htmla great group of nam vet wives who do so much for us all-bless u all-keep up your battle-we tend to forget the wives who go thru hell for years when we come home with our sizzling buried anger read more
Today's stomach exploratory
Chiari Malformation Blog: Too Much Brain to Contain | November 20th 2009 by Zipperhead
Cross-posted at FB:Got initial all-clear, then got report with pics and details. Tummy lining was swollen, so a precautionary biopsy was taken; esophagus was inflamed and had rings up & down it that shouldn't be there, so that was biopsied to check f read more
"Hell Comes Home"
Running 'Cause I Can't Fly | November 20th 2009 by Gerry
"Hell Comes Home"Killing is the ultimate traumatic experienceBy Robert C. Koehler"There’s no armor, it turns out, for conscience.So our men and women are coming home from the killing fields wounded in their heads, used up, greeted only by the milit read more
Getting To Know Myself Again
Written Whispers the Blog | November 20th 2009 by Spirit
I feel like my old self. Not ‘old’ as in how I was a few months ago before I started having all the flash backs and other PTSD junk but old as in how I felt when I first started to feel- when I first started to think of myself as a [.. read more
Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD (AP)
quest strategic plan | November 20th 2009
Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a adding machine that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images. More: - From the site read more
Fort Hood Terrorist: Yet ANOTHER Red Flag Ignored
Yid With Lid | November 19th 2009
Almost every day since the Major Nidal Hasan waged a horrific terror attack against his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood two weeks ago, there has been another part of Nidal's history revealed that should have raised a red flag about the Palestinian Islam read more
My 1st Blog Giveaway, PTSD, & Mels Show & Tell
Once A Mother... | November 19th 2009 by kristinbinder
I was going to save my first blog giveaway to mark my 100th post, I am somewhere around 85, but then I found something so precious and timely that I just couldn't keep it to myself. More on that to come later on in this post. Today's Show & read more
busy, busy, busy
How I changed the World Today | November 19th 2009 by Julia
I am finding that now that I NEED the income from my hobby business (SO has been out of work for 6 months now), I am spending as much time as possible on it. Always something else to do. And I have a level of anxiety that I never had with a guarantee read more
Therapy Isn't For Wimps
Woodstock Lily | November 19th 2009 by Lille Diane
Some people balk at getting help for emotional things. It's easier to put on a thick skin, suck it up, and bury the buggers. I'm learning I have done this, too. This shocks me because I've always been a seeker; looking for answers, looking for help w read more
Procedures and loneliness
Chiari Malformation Blog: Too Much Brain to Contain | November 19th 2009 by Zipperhead
I love that despite having dozens of local people I know on FB, and that I have shared about Friday and Wednesday's exploratory surgeries multiple times (quietly though, trying to keep my PTSD to myself; nobody can understand having survived CPR--twi read more
PAWS4VALOR
Best Friends Training Blog by Kristi Rush | November 18th 2009 by Kristen- Best Friends Charlotte
PAWS4VALORService Dog Training ProgramFor Disabled VeteransLugnut is a 17 mnth old Golden Retriever who is in a current Service Dog class.Trainer Kristi Rush, at Best Friends Pet Care in Castleton has designed a new program (Called PAWS4VALOR) to hel read more
More Help From Self-Parenting Books
Changemaker: Reinventing Yourself | November 18th 2009 by Kathy Berman
(1) The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook “Trauma can take many forms, from witnessing a violent crime or surviving a natural disaster to living with the effects of abuse, rape, combat, or alcoholism. Deep emotional wounds may see read more
This Emotional Life PBS looks at PTSD
Wounded Times Blog | November 17th 2009 by Chaplain Kathie
PBS’s new documentary This Emotional Life and Blue Star Families sponsored an event at George Washington University to honor the 1.8 million men and women who have been deployed in America's Armed... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web read more
Northrop Grumman supporting those who serve with jobs
Wounded Times Blog | November 17th 2009 by Chaplain Kathie
This is posted with pleasure. I hardly ever get to do a positive post on a defense contractor but this time, what they are doing to accommodate PTSD combat veterans is nothing less than remarkable. ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we read more
Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD
Wounded Times Blog | November 17th 2009 by Chaplain Kathie
Maybe they should try reading this blog? Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD Story Created: Nov 17, 2009 at 2:15 PM EST TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (AP) — Two days before shipping off to war,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we read more
Finding a Therapeutic Framework for Trauma-Based Disorders
PTSD, A Soldier's Perspective | November 17th 2009 by Scott A. Lee
I received a comment last night from Jeannie and thought that this would have a wider application to those of us who seek treatment for our trauma-based disorders. Talk therapy is an extremely useful tool when utilizing a proper framework with a trau read more
"Camera Boy" Book Signing
phytoplankton larger new part newsletter | November 17th 2009 by phytoplankton larger new part newsletter
Last night I had the pleasure of attending a reading and book signing by Fred Minnick, author of Camera Boy: An Army Journalist's War in Iraq. As part of the 139 MPAD unit that covered the war in Iraq during 2004-2005, Minnick was crucial in telling read more
How I predicted increase in PTSD in 2001
Wounded Times Blog | November 17th 2009 by Chaplain Kathie
How I predicted increase in PTSD in 2001 by Chaplain Kathie This is not so much about my ego as it is about those who taught me. Whatever I know came from learning from the experts and living with... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs read more
The question: Why?
Svasti: A Journey From Assault To Wholeness | November 16th 2009 by Svasti
In the treacly syrup of therapy sessions that I waded through last year (and earlier this year), I’ve endlessly tormented myself with a clutch of seemingly unanswerable questions. Why did this (assault/PTSD/depression) happen? To me? Why did I read more
Post-Traumatic Stress Debacle: VA Calls PTSD “Fabrication”
State of Affairs | November 16th 2009 by Jim Fairthorne
For those of you looking for a standard Alex James laugh-a-minute post, you may want to move on, because I’ve got some serious things to say today. When you write a blog with the frequency I do, you start to get a feel for the way things work o read more
Suicide in on the rise in the military!
Mental Health Humor | November 16th 2009 by Chato
Suicide in on the rise in the military! One in five are dealing with some type of mental illness. Many believe the numbers to be higher with all the unreported cases. “Army Strong” thinking makes depression or PTSD a weakness. When read more
[links] Link salad walks under the stars a while
routes case | November 16th 2009 by farrelwel
My largely complete 2009 bibliography, for all your gift giving, award nominating or reading completist needs [ jlake.com | LiveJournal ]The Curious Threshold For Creativity — A new model of society suggests that we should spend no more than 50 read more
PTSD and returning soldiers
the Cranial Cavity of a Massage Therapist | November 16th 2009 by Rosemary
The Universe is a funny thing.A couple of weeks ago I went to the Chamber of Commerce Friday morning meeting, only I REALLY didn't feel like going. I wasn't feeling that great since I have "gut issues" and they're the worst in the morning.Anyway, wh read more
The Tetris Quilts
BEDzine - We are crazy about BEDs!!! | November 15th 2009 by Max Lee
Here is something for the people who want something different in their bed. From afar, it is obvious that this quilt was made on a Tetris-type of a concept. The only hard part would have to be the different colors and the style of the bricks on the read more
Vietnam Veteran receives retroactive PTSD benefits
Wounded Times Blog | November 15th 2009 by Chaplain Kathie
“It’s unfair to make a man who has sacrificed for his country go through decades of fighting through the bureaucratic red tape,” he said. Vietnam Veteran receives retroactive PTSD benefits CHESTER... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit read more
PTSD, unlock so you can unload
Wounded Times Blog | November 15th 2009 by Chaplain Kathie
PTSD, unlock so you can unload by Chaplain Kathie First know who were and why you were that way. As a kid your Mom told you "you're a good kid" and she said that for a reason. You were the type to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my we read more
This is atrocious.
A post-cynical seer | November 15th 2009 by Jaliya
I've just read this article at Andrew Sullivan's site. A certain VA officer claims that if vets had more religion, they'd have less PTSD.For all the so-called honours that are heaped on soldiers after they've been killed, does the military brass real read more
Attrition: The Growing PTSD Plague
Signaleer | November 15th 2009
"The army has been able to deal with the unprecedented amounts of stress by providing the troops with what previous generations of soldiers would have considered luxuries. For example, when possible, combat troops sleep in air conditioned rooms, and read more
More Zero Tolerance
Mudville Gazette | November 15th 2009
A roundup of milblog reactions to CJ and Emily Grisham's story. If CJ made a mistake it was in not realizing that in America today merely suggesting a seemingly inconsequential issue like school uniforms should be debated before it's enacted can resu read more
On my own
Being the Wife of a Wounded Marine | November 15th 2009 by Karie
I moved out. Not all is lost, we are still going to be attending marriage counseling. There is still hope.... I hope. Cleve has a lot of changes to make. He will be attending a ton of different types of therapies, a few of them focusing on PTSD. He n read more
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