Category Archives: My Life with PTSD

I continually write about my life and post photographs and video as a part of my own PTSD therapy. I hope this information can others understand the signs, symptoms and effects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

San Diego PTSD Service dog Presentation.

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

  On Wednesday I will be speaking at an event in San Diego. I will be giving demonstrations of what scrubs dose to help with PTSD.  Hope to see you.   2013 Behavioral Health Panel: Psychological Trauma and Its AftermathPsychological … Continue reading →

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With A Little Help From My Friend

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

Today was probably one of the hardest days in my recovery with PTSD. I have not been riding my bicycle.  I have not been leaving the house.  Maybe three or four times in the last month.  My avoidance has gotten … Continue reading →

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Veteran, VA, and PTSD

Posted on March 27, 2012 by
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I Had a Bad Sunday.

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

  I feel I need to let you in on a few things that have been going on with me lately. This is always hard to do.  PTSD is hard enough to live with, but this is the blog where … Continue reading →

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The Road to Recovery

Posted on December 17, 2011 by

It’s been a while since I have written in my blog or even my journal. The past two weeks have been very busy. I had a great conversation with the folks at The National Center for PTSD in Vermont. The … Continue reading →

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My Veterans Day 2011

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

Memorial Day, 2011 I am battling with PTSD with no relief or hope of any kind in sight. The symptoms of PTSD definitely have the upper hand, putting myself and everyone around me in a living hell.  Nothing will ever … Continue reading →

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You can run but you can’t hide

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

In my last blog, “Recovery ‘Aha!’ Moment,” I talk about the healing I am experiencing and the progress I am making with PTSD.  I read it again and I can remember the hope and the sense of accomplishment in how … Continue reading →

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Recovery “aha!” moment

Posted on November 8, 2011 by

  As I sit here thinking about the last year, I feel so thankful for all of my friends — the ones who have listened to me for hours and the ones who have just followed me on Facebook and … Continue reading →

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My comfort zone

Posted on November 6, 2011 by

In other blog posts, I have mentioned that I was a commercial truck driver on our nation’s highways for well over a million miles.  Living in my semi, always on the move, was so very comfortable for me.  It allowed … Continue reading →

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I have something to tell you

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

I have something to tell you.   I have no idea what to say or how to say it, but something happened today — something God had a hand in.   I have been thinking about this all day long. … Continue reading →

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Stuck in Paradise..

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

I was looking through some old journals and I found this one. This is me hiding in plain sight 4 years ago. 500 miles south of San Diego in a small fishing community in  Baja California, Mexico. Bahia de Los … Continue reading →

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I had a hiccup today.

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

     Wow !  What a mood I have been in lately with all the exposure therapy I did on coffee day. My friend and I tried to get out and do some things.  I am trying to act as … Continue reading →

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Coffee Day

Posted on October 11, 2011 by

I have spent the day at my local coffee shop, and what a day it has been. I do this because of my PTSD, agoraphobia, and high anxiety. This is what the doctors at the VA call exposure therapy. I … Continue reading →

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Thanks, Lord, I needed that

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

Monday October 10th “Thank you, Lord. I needed that” Giving my presentation, “What Comes After Welcome Home,” last Saturday night at church stirred up many different emotions that I had put on the back burner and stuffed away and was … Continue reading →

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A Roadside Meltdown

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

Sunday October 9th Today all my emotions came crashing down around me. Church was overwhelming, but I had a couple of great conversations while I was there. I had to leave early. Then I went for a ride on the … Continue reading →

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