New Veteran With PTSD

[lkm84]

Hello everyone..I am so glad I found this site. I have had PTSD since 2004. I was deployed twice to Iraq before the age of 21. I was going to a PTSD group, but my husband is in the military and we have moved overseas and I do not have the same options that I had in the states. Sometimes I just need to talk to someone. I have been having a very hard time making new friends. It is also really hard for me to be a spouse now and no longer a soldier. Just wondering if anyone else has that numbing feeling towards other people who are not in the same boat as you. I am looking forward to getting to know everyone.

[Anonymoose]

Hi, and welcome. Yes, I definitely do have that numb feeling and the sense of being different from people who have never experienced trauma. Thanks for going to Iraq and fighting on our behalf.

[rainbogrl4u]

Hi lkm and welcome here! Glad that you found us. I am sorry that you are having a hard time right now but I do understand. I, feel numb to other people alot of the time. It is very hard for me at times actually. I used to feel badly about it, but no I just accept it and that feels safe to me.

Please continue to make use of this group and I hope that you find it helpful for you.

I also thank you for what you did in Iraq. I can't even begin to imagine what you went through.

But....I am very willing to listen.

Take care :)

[2quilt]

Welcome to the forum from a Desert Storm vet.

[moog]

Welcome from another new member. I'm a veteran of Afghanistan.

[lolabrigitta]

Welcome, from a spouse of a vet of Haiti and Bosnia. Hope you can find a little peace and understanding here .