Category Archives: Peer Support

A Friendly Reminder: PTSD Awareness Day is June 27th…

Sticky Post for the remainder of June. You can click on the image to learn more, print the flyer, and/or feel free to copy this one to your computer and publish to your own website – together we can increase … Continue reading

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PTSD Takes a Physical Toll…

External Link: UCSF Study Finds PTSD Takes a Physical Toll. The latest research on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – an anxiety disorder common in Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans – shows that having PTSD has physical consequences as well, meaning … Continue reading

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Suicides are Up in the Army…

Washington (CNN) — May was the worst month in a year for suicides and potential suicides in the active-duty Army, the Pentagon announced Thursday. The Army reported 21 potential suicides among active-duty soldiers in May. One of them has been … Continue reading

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Sometimes I Laugh & Sometimes I Cry…

Other times I sit and wonder why? The pic was given to me today by my Vet Center Counselor, and the research I did on this Vietnam War Memorial after I got home, what it truly means, and the heroes … Continue reading

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I’m “Home”…

The theme is mostly the same – When I dream… Minus the nightmares this is what it has been in recent memory, “dreams”. The anxiety I once felt is as long gone as the war that left me abandoned there. … Continue reading

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