I discovered a box of items I was trying to get rid of and make some gas money but in a stressful moment, I posted it here instead of the local selling group I...
My name is Judy and I just joined this group. I have been diagnosed with PTSD for about 5 years now. I am unsure if it is OK for me to join this group as I...
you are more then welcome here. we are a family here of anyone who has worked on the front lines, many of what you saw is similar to what we have. many of us...
I don't know if it matters anymore how or why I am down in this black hole. I don't know if the light I sometimes catch a glimpse of is real or just me...
the first thing i always reccommend is getting a notebook and starting a journal - write down everything - even the mundane - it will help you sift thru all...
... Judy, All I can come up with, and it feels inadequate, is that we all struggle to create the "new normal" after critical incidents, especially the profound...
Thank you for your suggestion, I have always kept a journal, somehow it helps get it out of me when I write, at least for a while. ... From: iiovelife...
I've been putting off writing this because there's still a part of me that doesn't want to burden others with my struggles... but I know that talking, or...
Welcome to the group, and Child Protective Services is very near and dear to my heart. I recently had to report a case of child sexual abuse and it made me...
... One of our neighbors, who I see regularly at our dog park, has become a good friend since we moved here a year and a half ago. She's a manager for child ...
I certainly don't have the answers to what helps. For me journaling has helped as well as talking with a counselor. The event (an ambulance run) for me...
nick i am sorry you have lost a friend and the community has lost someone who seems to be such a great guy. it sounds like he understood that life and eath...
I understand the feeling incapable...i have gotten tot he point where i do sleep...but that is about all i do, and all i want to do...i joined a gym and i have...
... Do you (and others here) have a peer support team? I think it can really help by being a safe place to let go of the attitudes and appearances that help...
I am having a difficult time getting these words typed to say what I mean and keep deleting and I don't know why this is so difficult. I have battled with PTSD...
for many of us THIS IS our peer support system...especially for those who have left the job...because as close as everyone is when your there...is as far apart...
... I understand... but a large part of why I'm on our regional CISM team is because I moved away from where I was a medic and lost touch with people who could...
What happened to me happened 5 years ago. since that time I have managed to survive by selling away all I owned, house, furniture,etc. When I no longer had a...
Judy, well I can understand some,I now been waiting 8 years for workman's compensation fund to pay me out,added too the _______ [Amy would be very very upset...
Andy, I know how you feel, believe me when I say that. With regards to SSDI put pressure on your attorney as well as SSA. Let them fully know the severity of...
I live in the new South Africa, i was a soldier for the old goverment we are the part of the unwanted generation best forgotten about but I have good mates...
andrew that was not aimed at you - we see on tv everyday how our government claims to be feeding the starvin children in some far off place - and how we send...
No offence taken hell it is often a point of comment how the states 'intervenes or as we in the civilized 3rd world see it interferes in every one else's...
With the train wreck in LA & Hurricane Ike hitting Texas...there will be a lot of people needing somewhere to turn, please rememebr if you know one to point...
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