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| | Notices | Welcome to PTSD Forum. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a life threatening, debilitating disorder that can break down a sufferer’s body through anxiety and stress. Further it poses a significant suicide risk resulting from the brains neurological imbalance and chemical depression. Sufferers often live in denial, thus this community is aimed at helping PTSD sufferers help themselves through others experiences, guidance and education. We are here for the sufferer, spouse and families surrounding PTSD. Spouses and family are too often forgotten in this equation, and often they receive all the worst that PTSD has to offer. If you're involved in any way with PTSD, get registered and help yourself now. Non-active members will eventually be deleted. If you are not a sufferer, carer or someone within the mental health industry, and active, then there is little reason for you to be a member of this forum. Non-active members with zero posts are deleted periodically during the year. |  | | 
28-02-2007, 06:40 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Netherlands Antilles
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| |  Hello - From "Batgirl's" Aunt
Hello to everyone, my name is Kathy. I'm not exactly new to this forum, but I thought it time to introduce myself. Jim is my husband and Evie is my niece. I have been reading on here for several weeks, and it's as if I know many people already. I'm not much of a computer person, but I may want to write here on occasion, and I finally figured out how to sign up for an account, all by myself! A little bit about me then - I am a retired MSW. I worked with troubled youth in a residential setting for 25 years. Prior to that I was an officer in the military where I met my husband. I have four grown sons, five grandchildren, an 18 year old nephew who my husband and I adopted, and my 23 year old niece who for all intents and purposes we have adopted as well. I'm a breast cancer survivor, in remission since 1993. I'm an active member of Al-Anon and the Catholic Women's League. My life is quite plain really, I love my children, I like to garden, cook and bake and spend time with my family. I must admit, I was rather conceited and thought being an MSW and previously working with young people with trauma, I would already know how to help. But I have had a rude awakening in that regard. Being a professional doesn't really prepare one for dealing with a family member with this illness. Therefore, I am delighted this forum exists. Thank you.  |
28-02-2007, 07:12 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: T. Bay, Ontario Canada
Posts: 3,244
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Hi Kathy!
Lovely to have you and glad you've figured out how to join!
You don't sound in the least boring, more like very busy!
Just pried my eyes open so I will chat more later.
bec |
28-02-2007, 07:49 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: charles town, wv (usa)
Posts: 1,286
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Hey kathy, welcome to the forum. glad to meet you. i am so glad evie has a good family to support her.
another cathy |
28-02-2007, 07:52 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: U.S.A. Kansas
Posts: 3,540
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Welcome to the forum! Glad to see your family as active as they are here. Boring is not exactly the word I would use for your life. Hope we can be here for you as we try to be there for Evie. |
28-02-2007, 08:15 AM
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Thank you for the welcomes. I do rather enjoy my life, it is definitely not dull and I suppose it is interesting in a rather different way from when I was working. I am pleased with myself that I was able to write a bit here without asking my husband for help! I look forward to talking with you all more. |
28-02-2007, 11:45 AM
|  | | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California
Posts: 191
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Welcome to the forum Kathy. Glad you are with us! |
28-02-2007, 12:21 PM
|  | | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: adelaide
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Welcome Kathy. You are a busy lady! Look forward to chatting to you more. |
28-02-2007, 03:58 PM
|  | | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: canada
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Welcome Kathy,
It is great to see that Evie has someone like you for support, glad you joined |
28-02-2007, 07:45 PM
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Welcome Kathy, glad you're here. |
01-03-2007, 09:59 AM
|  | Administrative Editor PTSD | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Hi Kathy... welcome aboard. This is turning into quite the family event... I like it. Great to see such excellent support. Kathy, don't worry about not knowing in relation to PTSD, because 90% or more of the therapy industry don't know what there doing either. So much experience and knowledge here, how can we really go to far wrong nowadays! Healing is slowly becoming faster and faster for people finding this place... all because of everyone's experience... just as yours will help someone Kathy, have no doubt.
Lovely to have you active here though. Look forward to chattting with you more. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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