tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909681580586214326.post157773083167386265..comments2023-09-22T00:16:33.562-06:00Comments on Life After The Military: One Soldier's Story: Idea to take the 'D' out of PTSD being studied1SG (Ret) Gene Hickshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02616699384402263618noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909681580586214326.post-54722789273001132722012-01-28T13:17:41.507-07:002012-01-28T13:17:41.507-07:00Well said my friend!!!!Well said my friend!!!!1SG (Ret) Gene Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02616699384402263618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8909681580586214326.post-59045700746651089852012-01-28T10:51:19.702-07:002012-01-28T10:51:19.702-07:00Nice. I see you too are a former JarHead Top--Semp...Nice. I see you too are a former JarHead Top--Semper Fi! <br /><br />It is NOT PTSD in most of our cases, its readjusment that we struggle with....the D does need to go. It's not easy to be there, and come home, with a different lense through which we see the world. Anyone who is NOT affected by some of the shit we've experienced....they have the DISORDER! <br /><br />It is a normal response to abnormal circumstances. The DIAGNOSIS---simply gets you paid fromt he VA. I call it "my shit"-that I deal with in therapy and on my own....talking around the smoking barrel was the safest place to do that...because there, other Joes are more honest. <br /><br />and talk therapy, it's like a debriefing or chior practice....time to unpack that duffel or seabag and sort out all that funky laundry and filthy shit we tend to end up with in the bottoms of those bags....lay it all out on the deck...look through it all and air it out, then slowly put it back away...with a lettle better understanding of what exactly you have in there.<br /> <br />Do this enough times, you'll slowly begin to make sense of what your holding on to and what you can DX or let go. <br /><br />Dont worry about the label. It's your bag, your shit, let them call it what they want...We're not broken, what we've been through---that's DISORDERLY! <br /><br />I reposted this from a thread on http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003397047887#!/pages/Iraq-Afghanistan-Veterans-PTSD-TBI-and-Physical-Wounds/234254133321776Johnny Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11440621726824256332noreply@blogger.com