PTSD Freedom Keys...and it's Personal!

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder caused me to stop functioning nearly 20 years after returning from Vietnam. I finally came off guard duty and after years of fighting it, I woke up one morning with a brain freeze! I couldn't pick 2 socks that matched and I forgot how to tie my shoes! My answer was to go back to bed and stay there for 3 days. I knew I needed help. For the past 38 years since Vietnam, I've suffered through bouts of depression, survivor guilt, isolation, anxiety, inner rage, and apathy. My family loved me and supported me but they suffered as well. They walked on egg-shells trying to not make me angry. They were on the receiving end of my frustrations. I was actually two people. The outward and successful person and the other one; dark and angry. I never spoke to anybody about my issues but my actions spoke volumes.

Today, I feel that I'm in control of my life more than ever before. I'm happy, I experience joy, I live in the present one-day-at-a-time and have let the past go. This is my personal freedom! I've released my inner rage and anger. On occassion, I drift back into my old ways but I don't stay there and play the victim. I choose not to!!!!!

I am in control; not some past story that I've created !!

I am now ready to share my keys and secrets of success with you.
I realize that PTSD also affects people young and old that have not been in the military.

Please share your story. I believe that we can help and support each other and learn how to cope with PTSD.

Thank you.


The bottom line: There is always hope, regardless of age.
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