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Sundrip posted a blog entry
Survival Is Overrated
We talked about the dream and about how surviving only means I lived. I told him sometimes surviving is less gracious than...
We talked about the dream and about how surviving only means I lived. I told him sometimes surviving is less gracious than...
Sundrip posted a blog entry
DREAM: Life, Death, Surviving
The dream started off with me at a house that I didn’t know. I went outside where a cat was having kittens. As she had them a...
The dream started off with me at a house that I didn’t know. I went outside where a cat was having kittens. As she had them a...
globalpunditorg posted a blog entry
Iraq War Vets Plan Action to “Force the Issue”, Demand Face Time at Final Prez Debate
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y – Members and supporters of Iraqi Vets Against the War (IVAW) are planning to crash the third and final...
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y – Members and supporters of Iraqi Vets Against the War (IVAW) are planning to crash the third and final...
acavella posted a blog entry
When PTSD Is An Excuse
Those of you who are regular visitors to A Soldier's Mind, know that PTSD and how the military treats our Troops who are...
Those of you who are regular visitors to A Soldier's Mind, know that PTSD and how the military treats our Troops who are...
yankeemom posted a blog entry
VFW On Veterans’ Bills Passed ~
The latest update from the VFW:110th Congress Wrap-Up October 9, 20081. President Signs VA Funding BillPresident Bush...
The latest update from the VFW:110th Congress Wrap-Up October 9, 20081. President Signs VA Funding BillPresident Bush...
californiabeat posted a blog entry
Loud, boisterous and unappealing: Not everyone is a fan of Fleet Week in San Francisco
By Tim Jue / Beat Staff WriterNot everyone is looking forward to seeing the Blue Angels in town today. Complaints, ranging...
By Tim Jue / Beat Staff WriterNot everyone is looking forward to seeing the Blue Angels in town today. Complaints, ranging...
peace4themissing posted a blog entry
My Journey to Peace with PTSD
Excellent Interview with Lady Cerelli, author of My Journey to Peace with PTSD. Insightful look into Post Traumatic Stress...
Excellent Interview with Lady Cerelli, author of My Journey to Peace with PTSD. Insightful look into Post Traumatic Stress...
Untreatable posted a blog entry
Bad Fricken Day
This is not going to be a nice post if you are triggered by anything that revolves around suicide, abuse, self harm or are...
This is not going to be a nice post if you are triggered by anything that revolves around suicide, abuse, self harm or are...
Lily posted a blog entry
The "Other" Wall: Veterans Walling Themselves Off, and Others Out
A while back we wrote that not only veterans have their own personal Vietnams. One of the key elements in that story is the...
A while back we wrote that not only veterans have their own personal Vietnams. One of the key elements in that story is the...
Lily posted a blog entry
The Catharsis of Writing: Telling Your Story is Therapeutic
We recently talked about several veterans' stories of combat, and how their telling or re-telling of their stories allowed...
We recently talked about several veterans' stories of combat, and how their telling or re-telling of their stories allowed...
Sundrip posted a blog entry
Poem: I Bare It
I shake but I do not shake aloneI tremble and shutterScream and rip my shirt in griefBut not alone.My necks falls overIt...
I shake but I do not shake aloneI tremble and shutterScream and rip my shirt in griefBut not alone.My necks falls overIt...
dearaewi posted a blog entry
This Dog Really is One Man’s Best Friend - VIDEO
As one soldier deals with the trauma of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, he’s finding the treatment he needs from an...
As one soldier deals with the trauma of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, he’s finding the treatment he needs from an...
7 days ago
For the Love of the Dog
| Topics: Canine Heros, Companion & Service..., News &..., Tail Waggin'...
For the Love of the Dog
| Topics: Canine Heros, Companion & Service..., News &..., Tail Waggin'...Sundrip posted a blog entry
She Lied. She Was Wrong.
She says to go in the room and wait. She’ll be there when she gets good and damn ready, there’s no telling how long it’ll...
She says to go in the room and wait. She’ll be there when she gets good and damn ready, there’s no telling how long it’ll...
Untreatable posted a blog entry
Don't Know How To Quit
Off the bat this might sound like a good thing and in a lot of ways it probably is but like everything else in life there is...
Off the bat this might sound like a good thing and in a lot of ways it probably is but like everything else in life there is...
Emily posted a blog entry
Believing the first 4/6 of the Dissociative Spectrum, but not the rest
Does DID/MPD exist as a clinical condition, or is DID/MPD “just an extreme example of what we all do every day.”?Is this...
Does DID/MPD exist as a clinical condition, or is DID/MPD “just an extreme example of what we all do every day.”?Is this...
11 days ago
Emily First Girl - Dissociative Identity Disorder
| Topics: Personal..., Understanding..., alters, amnesia
Emily First Girl - Dissociative Identity Disorder
| Topics: Personal..., Understanding..., alters, amnesiaXanthippas posted a blog entry
KIA
The war in Iraq killed Jose Alfredo "Freddy" Valez in in 2006 as surely as it killed his brother Andrew in Falluja in 2004:As...
The war in Iraq killed Jose Alfredo "Freddy" Valez in in 2006 as surely as it killed his brother Andrew in Falluja in 2004:As...
rvitelli posted a blog entry
The National Guard in Iraq
While National Guard (NG) troops are serving longer deployments than ever before, there is still little research examining the...
While National Guard (NG) troops are serving longer deployments than ever before, there is still little research examining the...
Catatonic Kid posted a blog entry
Strange Electricity.
I’m not sure what it is exactly but there’s something about the scent of summer on the breeze that sets me ill at...
I’m not sure what it is exactly but there’s something about the scent of summer on the breeze that sets me ill at...
Bill U posted a blog entry
PTSD and Addiction: Video and Webcast
It is estimated that over 50% of people with substance use problems have another co-occurring Mental Health problem; PTSD or...
It is estimated that over 50% of people with substance use problems have another co-occurring Mental Health problem; PTSD or...
12 days ago
Addiction Recovery Basics
| Topics: Mental Health, Video - Addiction..., PTSD, PTSD video
Addiction Recovery Basics
| Topics: Mental Health, Video - Addiction..., PTSD, PTSD videoFighter posted a blog entry
Stalkers Cause Anxiety and Stress - Sometimes for Years
by Kimberly TsaoIt's an ordinary day. You step into a bookstore and start to browse through the shelves. Next thing you know,...
by Kimberly TsaoIt's an ordinary day. You step into a bookstore and start to browse through the shelves. Next thing you know,...
12 days ago
Exposing Online Predators & Cyberpaths
| Topics: stalking, cyberstalking, ptsd, depression
Exposing Online Predators & Cyberpaths
| Topics: stalking, cyberstalking, ptsd, depressionDewey posted a blog entry
Maus and Maus II by Art Spiegelman
Written Tuesday, January 17th, 2006 10:59am. I recently re-read these books, but instead of writing a new post, I’ll...
Written Tuesday, January 17th, 2006 10:59am. I recently re-read these books, but instead of writing a new post, I’ll...
Sundrip posted a blog entry
This Is My Heart and Soul
I saw the new pdoc who is actually a nurse practitioner. I sort of grilled her about her experience with psych meds. I asked...
I saw the new pdoc who is actually a nurse practitioner. I sort of grilled her about her experience with psych meds. I asked...
markbaard posted a blog entry
Fraidy cats support stupid wars
It’s what we’ve always suspected: Bullies are motivated by fear.People easily startled by loud noises are more...
It’s what we’ve always suspected: Bullies are motivated by fear.People easily startled by loud noises are more...
Aine posted a blog entry
Go to War, Get Traumatized, Get the Boot
Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.Private First Class Mark...
Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.Private First Class Mark...
acavella posted a blog entry
Treating PTSD In Virtual Iraq
Often when someone suffers from PTSD, they attempt to avoid sounds, smells, places and things that remind them of the traumatic...
Often when someone suffers from PTSD, they attempt to avoid sounds, smells, places and things that remind them of the traumatic...
Fighter posted a blog entry
THOUGHTS ABOUT CYBERPATHS FROM VICTIMS & PROFESSIONALS
Here on EOPC, in our margins, we have quotes from victims of Cyberpaths and professionals dealing with Cyberpaths' victims as...
Here on EOPC, in our margins, we have quotes from victims of Cyberpaths and professionals dealing with Cyberpaths' victims as...
Sundrip posted a blog entry
Charlene - Moving Through and Forward
My goodness, she was hard but fun. I can’t wait to do the next one and the next one. This is actually the 4th doll...
My goodness, she was hard but fun. I can’t wait to do the next one and the next one. This is actually the 4th doll...
Sundrip posted a blog entry
Kneeling Before The Mother
I think I’m just going to jump right into the memory thing with the mother. I don’t know how to start it easy so I’m...
I think I’m just going to jump right into the memory thing with the mother. I don’t know how to start it easy so I’m...
Rozenkraai posted a blog entry
A Bit of Weirdness
I stepped into a time machine today. Inadvertently. Maybe it would be more precise to say a trap door opened beneath my feet...
I stepped into a time machine today. Inadvertently. Maybe it would be more precise to say a trap door opened beneath my feet...
Lisa posted a blog entry
Why Me? Why Not Me?
Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once. ~Lillian DicksonFrom the moment I was...
Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once. ~Lillian DicksonFrom the moment I was...
acavella posted a blog entry
VA To Pentagon: Veterans Need Mental Health Screenings
As the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continue, we’ve had more and more Troops return home suffering from PTSD and TBI. The...
As the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continue, we’ve had more and more Troops return home suffering from PTSD and TBI. The...
TerriS posted a blog entry
VA To Pentagon: Veterans Need Mental Health Screenings
As the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continue, we’ve had more and more Troops return home suffering from PTSD and TBI. The...
As the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continue, we’ve had more and more Troops return home suffering from PTSD and TBI. The...
Sundrip posted a blog entry
Swimming In Negativity
I thought to myself, I’m such a moron. I can’t even keep my head straight and get one sentence out without stuttering or...
I thought to myself, I’m such a moron. I can’t even keep my head straight and get one sentence out without stuttering or...
19 days ago
The People Behind My Eyes
| Topics: Dissociative Identity..., Morton's..., PTSD, Therapy
The People Behind My Eyes
| Topics: Dissociative Identity..., Morton's..., PTSD, TherapyMostafa O bookmarked links
Assessing reliability and validity of the Arabic language version of the Post-traumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS) symptom items.
The PDS is a 49-item self-report measure recommended for use in clinical or research settings to measure severity of PTSD symptoms related to a single identified traumatic event. The PDS is unique in that it assesses all of the DSM-IV criteria for PTSD...
The PDS is a 49-item self-report measure recommended for use in clinical or research settings to measure severity of PTSD symptoms related to a single identified traumatic event. The PDS is unique in that it assesses all of the DSM-IV criteria for PTSD...
PTSD Checklist (PCL) - (National Center for PTSD)
The PCL is a 17-item self-report measure of the 17 DSM-IV symptoms of PTSD. Respondents rate how much they were “bothered by that problem in the past month”. Items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (“not at all”) to 5 (“extremely”)....
The PCL is a 17-item self-report measure of the 17 DSM-IV symptoms of PTSD. Respondents rate how much they were “bothered by that problem in the past month”. Items are rated on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 (“not at all”) to 5 (“extremely”)....
Sundrip posted a blog entry
Without Anesthesia
Amy Smiles thinks Dr. D might be a bit daft. She doesn’t think he’s that bright. (he doesn’t read our blog, thank...
Amy Smiles thinks Dr. D might be a bit daft. She doesn’t think he’s that bright. (he doesn’t read our blog, thank...
Untreatable posted a blog entry
I Hate You But I Forgive You
What do you do with those memories that will send you over the edge. Flashbacks that gently remind you that the monster is...
What do you do with those memories that will send you over the edge. Flashbacks that gently remind you that the monster is...
Mostafa O bookmarked a link
Nagy Riad Bishay
From 1965 to 1973, when the Arab-Israeli conflict was at its peak in Egypt, he worked in psychiatry in military hospitals, serving at front line posts in Sinai and producing a thesis on the effects of the stress of military service on young men.
From 1965 to 1973, when the Arab-Israeli conflict was at its peak in Egypt, he worked in psychiatry in military hospitals, serving at front line posts in Sinai and producing a thesis on the effects of the stress of military service on young men.
22 days ago
Delicious
| Topics: egyptian, egypt, psychiatry, psychiatrist | Add delicious to your profile
Delicious
| Topics: egyptian, egypt, psychiatry, psychiatrist | Add delicious to your profileLily posted a blog entry
A Hand across the Abyss - How Openness Helps Heal - A Therapist Talks with His Patient, both Vets
I've recently started reading a very interesting book from the Vietnam era, by Arthur Egendorf, a Ph.D. psychologist who was...
I've recently started reading a very interesting book from the Vietnam era, by Arthur Egendorf, a Ph.D. psychologist who was...
23 days ago
Healing Combat Trauma
| Topics: Books, Caring for the..., Combat Trauma, Communication...
Healing Combat Trauma
| Topics: Books, Caring for the..., Combat Trauma, Communication...Lily posted a blog entry
Belleruth Naparstek Seminars on Reversing PTSD
Belleruth Naparstek and The Conference Works presents: Reversing Panic Attacks, Acute Stress and PTSDPowerful New Solutions to...
Belleruth Naparstek and The Conference Works presents: Reversing Panic Attacks, Acute Stress and PTSDPowerful New Solutions to...
Lily posted a blog entry
A Mind-Body Medicine Approach to PTSD - Conference Oct. 11th and 12th - West Coast
The Institute for Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, CA will hold a seminar on Mind-Body Approach to PTSD," October 11th...
The Institute for Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, CA will hold a seminar on Mind-Body Approach to PTSD," October 11th...
Sundrip posted a blog entry
A Conditioned Liar
I know she lied but I guess when you use the word “lie” out loud it sounds and lands much differently from when its heard...
I know she lied but I guess when you use the word “lie” out loud it sounds and lands much differently from when its heard...
Sundrip posted a blog entry
We Were Just Dogs
Dr. D - What is that on her face?Amy Smiles - It’s a mask. You wear it over your head so you can’t talk.Dr. D - What do...
Dr. D - What is that on her face?Amy Smiles - It’s a mask. You wear it over your head so you can’t talk.Dr. D - What do...
Sundrip posted a blog entry
What Is My Problem?
I don’t know what my issue is but I’m not right. I haven’t put a bite of food in my mouth in two days....
I don’t know what my issue is but I’m not right. I haven’t put a bite of food in my mouth in two days....
Catatonic Kid posted a blog entry
A War on Solitude.
I’m a cerebral sort but sometimes, just sometimes I take the time to pay attention to what’s about me. Sometimes...
I’m a cerebral sort but sometimes, just sometimes I take the time to pay attention to what’s about me. Sometimes...
Cyber_Pastor posted a blog entry
Do The Right Thing Radio - Support our Troops
Big News about Do The Right Thing Radio -Tonight on Do The Right Thing Radio, we will be starting a new weekly feature and each...
Big News about Do The Right Thing Radio -Tonight on Do The Right Thing Radio, we will be starting a new weekly feature and each...
rvitelli posted a blog entry
How Vulnerable are Victims of Child Abuse in Later Life?
A research study published in the August 2008 issue of Child Abuse and Neglect examines the role of childhood victimization in...
A research study published in the August 2008 issue of Child Abuse and Neglect examines the role of childhood victimization in...
acavella posted a blog entry
Wounded Warrior Forum
It's imperative that the United States ensure that the men and women who have been injured fighting in the Global War on...
It's imperative that the United States ensure that the men and women who have been injured fighting in the Global War on...
Sundrip posted a blog entry
My Whereabouts. Where Am I?
When my eyes hit the floor this morning they did so in shock. My house is so clean right now and I don’t remember doing it....
When my eyes hit the floor this morning they did so in shock. My house is so clean right now and I don’t remember doing it....
LostClown posted a blog entry
Score one for Disability Rights
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day and finally Congress did something right. (Well the Senate anyway.)On September 11th...
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day and finally Congress did something right. (Well the Senate anyway.)On September 11th...
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