“Opening up” to a stranger is, at best, difficult to do. Confiding your “war zone” fears with a non-veteran can be worse, unless PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) serves as a bond between a brother and a sister.

That’s how I have come to view my own shortcomings: through the eyes and experiences of trauma “survivors” who faced similar life-altering devastations, but who are now finally able to talk about it for the benefit of all . . .

You’ll see by these comments below that there is no discrimination between man and woman when it comes to PTSD. It is an equal opportunity offender. 

Finally! By One survivor 

•       “I ran into a therapist back in 2005 who was very unethical. Between her and her clients, I was put through hell on her online forum.
•       “Well, I found out a couple of months or so ago, that some of her clients were filing complaints against her. And not just her clients, but even another very reputable therapist is filing a complaint on behalf of several of her former clients. Apparently, they went to him after they left her and what they shared with him about her methods so concerned him that he felt he had to file.”

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After reading the Blog post I only had one thing to say:

     Wow!

How a therapist could hurt someone is beyond my way of thinking.

Don’t people go into that profession to actually “help” other people?

     I don’t know; sometimes people with PTSD can learn more from others with the same problems. Not so much that misery likes company, but you’re able find out that your own behavior isn’t so out of whack. The trauma is forcing so many others like us to seek help. Both men and women . . .  for a lot of different reasons.

     Reading about acts of healing and how to help others can, in itself, help us. But only if we face up to our condition.

I keep trying every day, having some little successes here and there, knowing I’ll probably have this devil called PTSD with me for the duration of my tour here on Planet Earth.

Good luck,

     Michael J