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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. |  | | 
05-01-2008, 02:00 PM
|  | | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Netherlands Antilles
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Wonderful attitude Zachary, very important to have. Well done and take care. |
10-01-2008, 06:03 PM
| | | | Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 19
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Hey, my counceler called me, she said that she was allowed to continue our sessions, which is a GREAT, great releaf for me. I am sooo happy. I just wanted to thank everyone for their support.
I wouldn't mind leaving comments in the other forums, but I'm afraid people won't get a chance to read them, or know who I am. Anyways, peace be with you all, and have a wonderful time with your family's, and friends, and pray that everything gets better for everyone in the world...Later!
-Zachary- |
13-01-2008, 02:11 PM
| | | | Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 33
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I suggest you get a letter from your old CO. At least from one Officer to talk about your character while you served, Yes you F'ed up and smoked pot. If your conduct was good other than that you should be able to get a upgrade. This may take some time, but getting the VA to diagnose you with PTSD, and some buddy statements will help you a lot. I myself saw many good Marines make the same mistake you have made. I hate the Zero tolerance rule the Marine Corps has, they should have offered you help not kick you out! By the way Your still a Marine in my book! Another thing that may help a lot is get your Congressman involved.... You would be surprised how the system can work for you when you have a Politician on your side!
Good Luck Marine!
Semper Fi |
30-01-2008, 04:37 PM
| | | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: north carolina for now
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Welcome to the forum, a friend who works at rikers island was one to help pick up the peices to 9/11, all my friends got out safely, but one.
I have prisoner of war or concentration camp c-ptsd, civilian though.
I was in hampton fla. when 9/11 happened, and could not leave cnn. I was up for maybe four days, waiting to see if everyone I knew was okay. I'm extremely protective and the phones were so jammed I couldn't get thru to who I needed to for some time.
At the time a very helpful guy, Sarge, was in ny, I got him on the phone first, phew, I am forever grateful he was not affected. He has since passed, but he had given me tools that I would never have found on my own with my c-ptsd.
Hope you find those that truly understand from experience.
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