tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207713177773691778.post330719236361737326..comments2023-06-28T07:59:16.685-04:00Comments on PTSD: A Soldier's Perspective: Symbols of War, Responsibility and RemembranceScott Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861938200417302754noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207713177773691778.post-26061827984680178472017-12-14T00:58:30.493-05:002017-12-14T00:58:30.493-05:00It is scary to admit the dissociative features of ...It is scary to admit the dissociative features of PTSD. To do so feels like we are giving in to it. It means we must admit to oursleves that our minds have betrayed us.<br /><br />That our brains are making us see our traumatic events over and over. In our dreams, in the night or day. A waking dream is a complete break from reality, and the mind tries to make sense of scrambled memories, feelings, senses as they swim together.<br /><br />He probably doesn't have the language to discribe his inner experince. I studied psychology in college in an attempt to understand. It gave me the words to tell the doctors what it was I was experiencing.<br /><br />Patience is key, but keep checking on him. Keep reading and studying how to help him. I hope this message finds you well. Sorry for the long absence. I am back and writing again. Check out the new posts.Scott Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17861938200417302754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8207713177773691778.post-24276632653882513922017-07-20T14:16:48.835-04:002017-07-20T14:16:48.835-04:00I am not sure if this is still an active blog but ...I am not sure if this is still an active blog but I would like to open up. <br /><br />I recently started seeing/dating a gentleman in the Navy. I learned early on of his several deployments to the Middle East and he had claimed to not have any residual symptoms of the deployments.<br /><br />Last week he lost a close friend of his in a motorcycle accident, a friend whom he had been deployed with several times... since he lost the friend he hasn't been the same. I began to realize he was having an issue with the loss. We went out that night and he began to open a little bit about what he had experienced and he said that he knows he has issues with his deployments and he should see someone but he hasn't yet. I let the conversation go, and didn't plan to revisit it until it was necessary. <br /><br />Tuesday this week, I spent the night and it stormed through the night. He began to scream in his sleep "don't do that, wait for us" etc and I woke up at one point with his hand across my throat. It was not clenched but it was lying there. Later in the evening, I woke up to a loud burst of thunder and he looks at me, still asleep, and says "are you okay over there" I replied yes thinking he was awake, and he replied "okay good, that was a close hit" and I realize he was in an alternate place that was not our bedroom. <br /><br />Since I told him about his evening night terror he has become isolated. He said he is embarrassed and it scares him. We are ultimately in radio silence. I have texted him a few times to remind him he is not alone and he does not need to go through this alone, I am not running and I am committed to him and to us as a couple. <br /><br />I knew since the first date that this is the man I am going to share my life with. Since this past week, and the turn of events with him... I am not sure what to do.<br /><br />Any help, advise or input would be greatly appreciated. <br /><br />Thanks! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16965317772421582090noreply@blogger.com