My Correspondence with a Woman with PTSD

     You got it Sweetheart!

      PTSD is what this Vietnam War veteran is talking about.

      You also have a great talent to mine your deep reserves and present them in a way that encourages others, while also instructing us, not to mention self-medicating with the soft touches of someone who puts love around the events to give them space.

      I have anger issues. Flashbacks occur when I least expect them, but usually only during stressful situations (or when the Phillies put Brad Lidge out to pitch the ninth inning). No kidding. I actually stopped watching baseball games because of my reactions.

Meditating and Blogging Help my PTSD Flare-Ups

      I meditate, and now — over the past 3 weeks [since Sept 24, 2009] — I also write a post, feeling inspired to make a comment when I read something as moving as your story.

      We need your voice.

      I like your voice. (I may even steal some ideas from your voice, but don’t tell anyone I said that. Got a reputation to uphold, you know).

     — Thanks, from Michael J Contos

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     The above comment was provided by me for a Blog post called Think’ily Broken.

The following is the Corresponding Comment

 spiritsh@host301.hostmonster.com show details from an Oct 19th message to Written Whispers the Blog:

     Here is the new reply:

     Flashbacks are a pain in the everything- the mind, the heart- everything.

     I rarely have anger, at least outwardly and obviously directed at people but since the PTSD has started coming out as badly as it has, I’ve found myself on the verge of screaming at people when I get into really stressful situations.

     I’m sorry to hear that via the baseball. I had to stop watching one of my fave television shows for the same reason. I just get so into it and then I freak out when something dramatic happens.

PTSD Makes You Avoid Normal Things

     Then afterwords I feel so silly after having freaked out the way I did but I just can’t help it. It seems to unfair that on top of having all this stuff affect us after it happens and we’re in safe and better places we have to literally avoid perfectly normal things because of stuff like this.

     Thank you very much. I’m going to have stop by your blog very soon and leave a couple of comments myself.

     (Oh, and steal away. I live to inspire so be it it gives me more to read eventually.)

      Peace and once again- thank you for the great comments regarding PTSD. It made my day in more ways than you know (or maybe you do) to be reminded I’m not the only one.

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    (The above comments were generated after reading a young woman’s struggle with PTSD on Oct. 17, 2009)

    (Comments generated after reading a young woman's struggle with PTSD on Oct. 17, 2009)