PTSD Support Services offers information, mainly to military personnel and combat veterans who have experienced combat stress or trauma that in itself may lead to the symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD.

Back on the VA! I am a combat wounded Vietnam Era Veteran. Since 1967, when I was discharged, I have felt that I was in control. Of my life, living the normal life that everyone else around me did. But not until I had a near death experience in a hospital in 1996 that in reality something else was controlling me.

While every trauma survivor is different, some things are the same. Despair, anxiety, nightmares and wondering, does anybody care? You just want to be heard. This is the right place. Sunday, August 9, 2015. Fighting symptoms and now a new infection. In all of this, I try to stick to a holistic approach to my health. Another part of this? Then again, what else can you do? Friday, August 7, 2015.

The fact that you are reading this means that you may already have taken the first step on the path to recovery. Unless you are a superhero there are a few clicks to go yet. Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime,. Therefore, we are saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history;. Therefore, we are saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007. Symptoms Are Really Harsh Right Now. Dissociating, adrenalin surges, flashbacks, physical muscle memory of being raped. My therapist says that the big extremes will continue for a while. Will I have more nightmares? Can you i.