Living with PTSD
By Infantrywife04

A friend sent this to me a little while ago and I wanted to share it. Please if you know someone who is suffering from PTSD encourage them to seek help and be their support.


"WHAT WE'D LIKE FAMILY & FRIENDS TO KNOW ABOUT LIVING WITH PTSD"

-Remember that my war experiences changed me. Having PTSD was not my choice, but I have to live with it. ...

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Project Odyssey
By Infantrywife04


In a few short weeks I will be putting my husband on a plane and sending him off to Texas for a week...and that thought terrifies me. Not the week of him being gone but the fact that in over 2 yrs minus 2 hospitalizes I haven't left my husband's side. But thanks to the Wounded Warrior Project we have a small step in change coming..

My husband was ...

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How much do I hate...
By Infantrywife04


I could say life, I could say the Army or even my husband at times but in the end its PTSD. I really truly hate this thing that has consummed my life for 8yrs now. Somedays are wonderfully calm and mellow and she doesn't show her head and then there are days when it just pops up and makes life in our household miserable.

I would compare my life ...

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A New Year...already?
By Infantrywife04


Wow! That's all I can say is Wow! I woke up this morning with the realization that somewhere I lost entire year of my life..how the heck did that happen? Where did 2011 go and how do I get it back?

So now I'm sitting here reflecting on the past year trying to remember what happened this year..and then I remembered the Army sucked that entire year away from ...

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Intro...
By Infantrywife04

So I figure I should introduce myself...I'm Heather. I've been married to my soldier/Wounded Warrior for 7yrs. My husband has 3 deployments under his belt. We recently moved to the cute town of Guyton as part of my husbands transtion plan while we wait a pending medical retirement from the Army due to his injuries. My husband has a mTBI, severe PTSD and back injuries...looking at him you would never know there was anything physically ...

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