HI TOMMY I HAVE BEEN WITH YOU GUYS FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW AND READ THE POSTS. TROUBLE IS I DONT REALLY KNOW WHATS NEXT. I SEE SOME PEOPLE WRITE IN WITH...
Well first, please do not use all Caps, it is considered to be yelling online and is difficult to read. second welcome to the family, feel free to post...
Hi Paul, I'm not sure what you are asking for, if I can help, I will. Money I have not, especially with just social security, but in any other way, and even...
and other things that I've gone through involving the police. I've had several traumatic things happen to me in my life of almost 57 years. I was a rape...
Hey all, I see that Amy is dating the typo fairy lol. Im high on Night time cold medicine. Ive been sick 5 days. loved the article and see it as a new way...
Hi Anita, Like with many other problems, the fact that you realize you have one is the first step in getting better. Hopefully you can look through here and...
Hello ALL: My name is Jim, and I have been in Public Safety for just over 20 years. I started out young, as I am now only 38. I have done FD, EMS as a...
Hey Jim, Welcome to the family. This is a good place to come and feel safe with no judgements being made on your PTSD because we all have it. Take a look...
Hi Reggie, I am from Central Ohio, lived in Ohio all my life. _____ From: emsfirepoliceptsd@yahoogroups.com [mailto:emsfirepoliceptsd@yahoogroups.com] On...
welcome to the family, you will find other people some of whom have been formally diagnosed and some of whom are self diagnosed...with or without a dr...
... Jim, Welcome. Until I got involved in CISM, I really didn't appreciate how stressful it can be to be a dispatchers. Given that feeling helpless is the ...
Sorry I haven't been on here for quite a while. I've been battling with Workman's comp and now looking at filing for social security. My department is being...
Hi Hellen, I have been through EMDR and I think it was very helpful. I had a very long session that brought out lots of stuff and still see a therapist who...
Thanks Jay, Any advice as you are going through the process will be helpful. I just started with a therapist to do EMDR yesterday. She wants to take it slow...
Guys not to sound stupid but what is emdr? Thanks Rich ... From: Jay Meisner <emtp117@...> Subj: Re: [EMS Fire Police PTSD] Hey all Date: Wed Mar 11,...
-Rich, Don't ask me what the technical name is but it is using rapid eye movement or sometimes taping in order to help the brain to bring out recessed...
Hi helen I am a wtc survivor and lost over 20 fdny friends on that day. I was a block and a half away when it collapsed. Thanks for the info. Rich ... From:...
Helen, I was not correctly diagnosed and that delayed treatment. I found a place that I spent a week at that specializes in emergency services personal and...
Hi, Having been going through EMDR for a year now I can tell you a bit more. EMDR is short for Eye Movement Desensitization and Re-processing. It is based on...
Through experience I've learned you will get denied by SS about 3 times and then you need to have a lawyer....get one from the phone book that specializes in...
Thank you all for the warm welcomes. _____ From: emsfirepoliceptsd@yahoogroups.com [mailto:emsfirepoliceptsd@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of iiovelife Sent:...
Will it be effective if I'm still going through traumatic events during the treatment...anyone know the answer to that? I'm probably going to have to deal with...
it sounds like the only way you will ever be rid of her is to catch her in the act...or to have an independent 3rd party witness it...since you can never...
Ania, 2 things 1 Get a restraining order out for protection. 2 sign complaints. 3. leave him or her. 4. Have the PD arrest the actor. It doesnt take a mark to...
Thanks so much for the pep talk, Reggie. I hope your lungs get better. We have something else in common. If my sleep is disturbed, I turn into a monster. I...
sometimes things get worse before they can get better....i will tell you what i have told the others...keep a journal...write things down...it will allow you...
Thanks for the advice. Here's why it won't work. She tries to get restraining orders against me if I so much as open my mouth. When bad things happen I'm...