January 2012
43 posts
survivor-problems:
Finding the ultimate easter egg: a trigger you didn’t realize you had!
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You know you have PTSD when...
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remembering to breathe is a monumental task.
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When the ANS continues to be chronically aroused...
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Riding in the Trunk: Fiddler's Green →
ridinginthetrunk:
Halfway down the trail to Hell,
In a shady meadow green
Are the Souls of all dead troopers camped,
Near a good old-time canteen.
And this eternal resting place
Is known as Fiddler’s Green.
Marching past, straight through to Hell
The Infantry are seen.
Accompanied by the Engineers,
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text conversation today with me and my buddy
me: i wonder if the bar tender gets that if he tries to grab my ass to day I might kill him…could be a new discovery for him. lol
him: Do it with my knife.
Him: go in at the kidney wit a c-type cut. He’ll bleed to death in a minute and a half. #why-people-with-PTSD-can-be-bad-for-each-other
If you use "rape" as a verb to define anything...
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back at the bottom of the bell tower...
thank you dear friend. knife is back in it’s place…flesh intact…living another day
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you know that burn?
the one just under your chest in your sternum? The one that’s always on fire and won’t go out? the one that stops you eating or moving after a night terror? that burn? It’s bad tonight. praying my soldier is OK 14.7 miles away. I’d take the burn if I could dear friend. I’d live it a million times over to help you. we’ve got this. Hooah
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This is my elbow room.: Being there for a loved... →
thechronicwanderer:
Tell them where they are, and tell them they are safe.
DO NOT TRY TO SLAP OR SHAKE THEM OUT OF IT. This can further trigger or frighten most people.
Stay calm— getting hysterical won’t help. It is important to make them feel as safe as possible. Repeat their name, describe where you are and…
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December 2011
18 posts
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See you, Space Cowboy.: Tumblr does not seem to... →
sardonicpuppeteer:
So here’s a post about PTSD and triggers!
This is the only thing I’m going to say about the tag-spamming trigger fiasco.
Anyway, there’s a few people who throw the phrase “PTSD” around, who confuse it with triggers, some who trivialize it, so on and so forth. So, I’m going to run down what PTSD…
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two days ago....
I was given the honer of being made an honorary member of the 107th Cavalry troop. I have never in my life been more honored. My life is forever changed.
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