Question:
I am looking for a ptsd support group…can you help me?
Response:
"Stormwarning4063" <stormwarning4…@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040316121240.12138.00001588@mb-m02.aol.com… > I am looking for a ptsd support group…can you help me?
I believe you’ve found one here. Do you have ptsd? Most of us here do and can try and help or offer support. Before finding this place, most of us felt all alone in the world with our feelings. td
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Hiya Geoff, Nice to *meet* you. You’re surely not alone, there’s evidently a lot of us in this world, and when we find out that there are others it can be a huge relief. Welcome here, hope you find things that will be useful to you in your recovery. Z55 "Anneks89" <annek…@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040302221804.06658.00000707@mb-m05.aol.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Per Ardua ad Astra: > Through Struggles to the Stars > Welcome, Geoff. > Like td, I assumed that the torturous memories relived in many forms each day > were a very private hell and one that was isolated from the rest of humanity. > It never occurred to me that support existed other than professional therapy > and medication. > Like you, the stories make me laugh and cry. I am deeply moved and grateful. > Grateful to not be alone in this. > Take care, Geoff, and once again, welcome. > Anne on the prairie > >Hi > > My name is Geoff. I am a retired Flight Engineer From the Canadian Air > >Force where I spent my time in "Search and Rescue." > > I have yet to read anything on here that I can’t identify with. > >In fact just to know that others suffer the same symptoms gives me > >encouragement. I am not alone though for many years I was. I hid in a box in > >the basement. Not recommended but seemed to be the answer at the time. A > >chance meeting witha lady I did not know led to a peer support group. She > >put me in touch with it’s leader another women , a fellow retired > >serviceperson. This was my first knowledge of this disorder and led to my > >being diagnosed with PTSD. I talked with this women for 5 hours and began > >the road back. I don’t believe that I will ever be completely myself again > >but I do have a better quality of life. I now serve as a peer support > >volunteer with an Organization in Canada that serves Veterans. > > I enjoy all the funny stories on here they make me laugh and cry at > >the same time. Contact with others is something I never had for so long that > >now it is very precious. > > I am married to a very extrordinary woman. God Bless her, when she > >said in sickness and in health, she really mean’t it and has stuck by my > >side through it all. 27 years and four daughters who are as stoic as their > >mother. I guess my point is "God Bless the spouses who are married to a > >sufferer. > > I have so much to say but it would just rambling on and on with > >little or no real point other emptying a chest full of unsaid things that no > >one would understand but you folks. > >Thanks for your time > >Per Ardua Ad Astra > >Geoff
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Per Ardua ad Astra: Through Struggles to the Stars Welcome, Geoff. Like td, I assumed that the torturous memories relived in many forms each day were a very private hell and one that was isolated from the rest of humanity. It never occurred to me that support existed other than professional therapy and medication. Like you, the stories make me laugh and cry. I am deeply moved and grateful. Grateful to not be alone in this. Take care, Geoff, and once again, welcome. Anne on the prairie – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Hi > My name is Geoff. I am a retired Flight Engineer From the Canadian Air >Force where I spent my time in "Search and Rescue." > I have yet to read anything on here that I can’t identify with. >In fact just to know that others suffer the same symptoms gives me >encouragement. I am not alone though for many years I was. I hid in a box in >the basement. Not recommended but seemed to be the answer at the time. A >chance meeting witha lady I did not know led to a peer support group. She >put me in touch with it’s leader another women , a fellow retired >serviceperson. This was my first knowledge of this disorder and led to my >being diagnosed with PTSD. I talked with this women for 5 hours and began >the road back. I don’t believe that I will ever be completely myself again >but I do have a better quality of life. I now serve as a peer support >volunteer with an Organization in Canada that serves Veterans. > I enjoy all the funny stories on here they make me laugh and cry at >the same time. Contact with others is something I never had for so long that >now it is very precious. > I am married to a very extrordinary woman. God Bless her, when she >said in sickness and in health, she really mean’t it and has stuck by my >side through it all. 27 years and four daughters who are as stoic as their >mother. I guess my point is "God Bless the spouses who are married to a >sufferer. > I have so much to say but it would just rambling on and on with >little or no real point other emptying a chest full of unsaid things that no >one would understand but you folks. >Thanks for your time >Per Ardua Ad Astra >Geoff
Response:
Hi My name is Geoff. I am a retired Flight Engineer From the Canadian Air Force where I spent my time in "Search and Rescue." I have yet to read anything on here that I can’t identify with. In fact just to know that others suffer the same symptoms gives me encouragement. I am not alone though for many years I was. I hid in a box in the basement. Not recommended but seemed to be the answer at the time. A chance meeting witha lady I did not know led to a peer support group. She put me in touch with it’s leader another women , a fellow retired serviceperson. This was my first knowledge of this disorder and led to my being diagnosed with PTSD. I talked with this women for 5 hours and began the road back. I don’t believe that I will ever be completely myself again but I do have a better quality of life. I now serve as a peer support volunteer with an Organization in Canada that serves Veterans. I enjoy all the funny stories on here they make me laugh and cry at the same time. Contact with others is something I never had for so long that now it is very precious. I am married to a very extrordinary woman. God Bless her, when she said in sickness and in health, she really mean’t it and has stuck by my side through it all. 27 years and four daughters who are as stoic as their mother. I guess my point is "God Bless the spouses who are married to a sufferer. I have so much to say but it would just rambling on and on with little or no real point other emptying a chest full of unsaid things that no one would understand but you folks. Thanks for your time Per Ardua Ad Astra Geoff
Response:
"Geoff Harbinson" <geoff.harbin…@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:gJ71c.12194$qA2.575710@news20.bellglobal.com… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi > My name is Geoff. I am a retired Flight Engineer From the Canadian Air > Force where I spent my time in "Search and Rescue." > I have yet to read anything on here that I can’t identify with. > In fact just to know that others suffer the same symptoms gives me > encouragement. I am not alone though for many years I was. I hid in a box in > the basement. Not recommended but seemed to be the answer at the time. A > chance meeting witha lady I did not know led to a peer support group. She > put me in touch with it’s leader another women , a fellow retired > serviceperson. This was my first knowledge of this disorder and led to my > being diagnosed with PTSD. I talked with this women for 5 hours and began > the road back. I don’t believe that I will ever be completely myself again > but I do have a better quality of life. I now serve as a peer support > volunteer with an Organization in Canada that serves Veterans. > I enjoy all the funny stories on here they make me laugh and cry at > the same time. Contact with others is something I never had for so long that > now it is very precious. > I am married to a very extrordinary woman. God Bless her, when she > said in sickness and in health, she really mean’t it and has stuck by my > side through it all. 27 years and four daughters who are as stoic as their > mother. I guess my point is "God Bless the spouses who are married to a > sufferer. > I have so much to say but it would just rambling on and on with > little or no real point other emptying a chest full of unsaid things that no > one would understand but you folks. > Thanks for your time > Per Ardua Ad Astra > Geoff
Welcome Geoff, I remember when I first found this group, thinking "there are other people out there just like me." It was such a relief, and probably the most helpful thing to me out of anything else. Therapy is good for me, and I’m on medication, but just being able to talk with and read what other people think and feel, and realizing ‘hey, I’ve thought and felt those exact same things’ made a huge difference in my life. For so many years I felt all alone with this, and now I have friends. :) td – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –
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