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Category Archives: Personal Notes
Veteran Drivers License – A Way to Diffuse?
External Link: Driver’s License Honoring Vets Could Diffuse Tense Situations. A handful of vets have gotten into confrontations with police in recent years. In many cases, post-traumatic stress disorder or other emotional battle scars played a role on those incidents. … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Combat, Family, Fear & Anxiety, Gulf War, IAO, Personal Notes, PTSD, Recovery, Survival, U.S. Marines, U.S. Military, Veterans
Tagged Bridge Building, Combat PTSD, Drivers License, Education, Law Enforcement, Legal Issues, Mental Health, Stigma, Utah, Veterans
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Bloop (pause) Boom!!
I figured it was past time to throw up a new post and announce that a lot of progress on the blog is being made, an update if you will. I had hoped to have everything in order by the … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Combat, IAO, Peer Support, Personal Notes, PTSD, Survival, U.S. Military, Veterans
Tagged 4th of July, Combat PTSD, Informational, Updates, USMC
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The War Inside My Head (Poem)…
Just something I wrote awhile back. The War Inside My Head War is hell, and once you deploy, there can be for many no coming back… Your life, the soul, and the battle within the mind – changes forevermore. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness, Combat, Gulf War, IAO, Personal Notes, PTSD, Recovery, Survival, U.S. Marines
Tagged Combat PTSD, Operation Desert Storm, Poetry, USMC
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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
Posted in Awareness, Combat, Fear & Anxiety, IAO, OEF, OIF, Peer Support, Personal Notes, PTSD, Recovery, Research, Safety Net, Survival, U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs, U.S. Military, Veterans
Tagged Afghanistan, Combat PTSD, Healing, Iraq, Mental Wellness, Military, One Mind for Research, Patrick Kennedy, Prevention, Psychophysical, Suicide, The Brain and War, Therapy, Treatment, UCSF, VA
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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
Posted in Awareness, Combat, Fear & Anxiety, God's Blessings, IAO, OEF, OIF, Peer Support, Personal Notes, PTSD, Recovery, Safety Net, Survival, U.S. Military, Veterans
Tagged Active Duty, Afghanistan, Combat PTSD, Coping, Courage, Emotional Crisis, Healing, Iraq, Prevention, Strength, Suicide, Therapy, Treatment
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