As I venture into this topic of veterans and their problems in treating some of the effects that spending time in the military and combat zones, and their life in general because of it, I will be referencing several sources. One of the main sources will be interpretations and quoting from Stephanie Laite Lanham's book "Veterans and Families Guide to Recovering from PTSD". Other information will be from my own thoughts and actual dealings/treatments with the help available from the Veterans Admin, the Veterans Hospital and it's clinics, the Lake Worth Vet Center and other sources.
Some of the topics will be PTS and PTSD, which is Post Tramatic Stress and Post Tramatic Stress Disorder.
Other topics will be issues that contribute or are a result of this disorder, such as Anger, Anxiety/Hyperarousal, Cronic Pain, Compulsion, Confusion, Crisis, Delusions, Denial, Depression, Guilt, Isolation, Loneliness, Low Self-Esteem, Paranoia/Hypervigilance, Passive-Aggresive Behavior Sleep Disorders, Substance Abuse and Suicidal Thoughts or Ideation, among other topics.
While I do not claim to be a proffesional in any of these fields, my main goal is to create awareness of these symptoms and the available help for them. For 40 years now I have had problems that originated in the service, but until now, I have denied that I was suffering from them. I do not want any other veteran to go through what I have without letting them know help is available in many forms, and one should not be embarrassed or afraid to ask for that help.
This is the main objective of this blog from today forward.
Following the blog's content and postings.
I can not figure out how to get the posts to show in order of writing. Please use the archive list to start or continue at a point that chronologicly makes more sense than reading everything from latest to earliest, or backwards. The PTSD posts begin on 5/29/09
Friday, May 29, 2009
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