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Pupper edition. I can't sleep for shit now that my gf is back home over the summer. Any other PTSD fags with battle buddies? Does it help a lot? Pic related.
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I thought this would gain a lot more traction given the numbers of has served here.
>>30001412
Giving you a free bump troubled anon. I have no problems neither have served but you can share if you feel like to, I have time.
>>30001412
Not exactly PTSD, but I'm applying with a charity to try and get a service doge for a different trauma disorder.
>>30002991
dogless disorder.
I know that condition
Wet dog smell has returned...
>>30001412
Howcome you cant sleep when she's over? wouldn't you "trust" her enough. I figure you'd feel better with a loved one around. Let me into your mind, OP
my puppies demand it
>>30003027
Dissociative disorder, based off why my psych is saying most likely PTSD.
I've seen some of the research on what service dogs can do to help and talked with a couple people who have them for PTSD, and they seem pretty awesome.
>>30003056
I think he meant that she left for home over the summer.
>>30003095
ohhhh well fuck me and call me retarded
Bump
>>30003970
battle hound has seen some shit.
Soldiers are fucking pussies i hope you lost some close friends and im glad you cany enjoy the 4th of july you dont deserve to
>>30004007
Eddy the edgelord
>>30004007
Cant*
>>30004007
Make sure you don't cut yourself on that edge.
is OP implying his pupper is his gf, and it's keeping him up?
i should stop drinking on weekdays
>>30001412
not a ptsdfag but i do have a few doggos i can dump if it'll help. pic related, my great dane.
dog is fucking 0311-tier retarded but I love him anyway.
>>30001412
Combat engineer here.
I love my doge and he is all I have now. Not sure that I have PTSD or what and have 0 interest in some clinician deciding, had plenty enough of that. Most likely I am sick from something else.
Anyway doges is good to have when you don't sleep much because they seem to be fine with just napping and are really excited to do whatever you say to do, whenever you say we going to do it.
>>30004007
You got what you wanted.
I'm kinda fine with 4th of July though it isn't really anything like bombs I don't get people who think it is.
>>30004126
>Combat engineer here.
I wanna do this, what does it entail?
is it blowing shit up and building bridges or bitching at retarded 88Ms who drove a fully loaded HET into a sandbank and now wants a tow?
Daily Reminder that it should be called Post Traumatic Stress Injury because it's not a disorder you were born with, there is nothing wrong with you inherently, this is an event that happened to you, it does not define you.
Generally speaking the best thing to do is just to talk about what happened again and again until it's old news. You'll never forget but it won't have the same effect on you anymore.
It's like how you felt the first time you saw a really good exciting movie, compared to the second time, compared to the 11th time. The effect, and it's affect on you, diminishes with more exposure.
sleep tight, pupper
>>30002828
Mine is not military-related. It's Really shitty childhood related.
>>30003095
Yup. I could kinda sleep because I trusted her.
>>30004154
Yes it is both.
Depends on what you assigned and where you are, but I have blown up infrastructure, figured out how to get idiots out of a jam, and facilitated their getting to point B, all in the same day.
All in all it was a good gig and I learned a shitload. Better than about anything else in the Army because I actually felt like a valued member of the effort rather than an expendable and easily replaced cog in the machine.
>>30004228
This is a really good explanation.
The thing that shits me is tumblr cunts talking about PTSD because someone disagreed with them.
>>30004007
I wasn't in the military.
>>30004409
>The thing that shits me is tumblr cunts talking about PTSD because someone disagreed with them
Tumbler cunts wear PTSD like a badge. Because something 'happened' to them they are now special and therefore get all this extra attention in order to inflate their weak ego.
It's bullshit and everyone knows it, so behind their back everyone shit talks about them and it generates a stigma around PTSD. This, in turn prevents people who are actually mentally injured and need attention from seeking help, as well as contributing to a negative self image. Afraid of judgment,you hide it and you keep it to yourself. Usually by reducing your time around other human beings lest they find out. Humans are tribal creatures, and need social interaction in order to be mentally healthy. This usually leads to self harm up to suicide and/or self-medication. (IE, alcohol abuse/drug use).
Other coping techniques are animals, who serve as a 'safe' tribe, instead of a human tribe, and anonymous online group therapy, which is also 'safe' from judgement.
Also, if you think I'm going to seek professional help with the state lead PTSD=Mental Illinois =No guns, regulatory rape train coming down the tracks, you'll be solely mistaken.
>>30004007
go back to >>>/b/ you mega autist.
>>30004400
Did you carry a shotgun? I heard that engineers carry shotguns.
Looks like I missed /k/'s 30 millionth post.
>>30004409
This pisses me off more than anything, and part of the reason I want to go into mental health for a career is to tell tumblrinas to grow the fuck up and stop wasting other peoples time.
>>30004007
Got back to your emo safe space and brush up on your black eyeliner pussy.
>>30003035
Still hard done by, and suffering mightily.
Little Dog says "Enough! Free my people from the tyranny of the tub!"
>>30004948
cute pupper
>>30004029
Don't you hate that? You slam out a world class baitpost, straight from the edge, and then you fuck it up with a typo.
And you just know the internet is laughing at you.
>>30001412
This is Ferro. He's a rescue from Mexico, and has dog PTSD.
>>30005016
This is Buster. He's a factory of awesome.
>>30004985
Here's one where she's not shouting political slogans.
I don't know if I have PTSD or not, never been to a psychiatrist or anything. Lately I've been having a lot of trouble sleeping and I feel on edge all the time, I get bad nightmares. I get really fucking angry at my wife over little shit and then feel bad about it later. Sometimes I randomly feel like I'm going to start crying but I'm always able to hold it back so far. I've been witness to a lot of trauma and my life has been endangered several times but I can't single out one event that triggered these symptoms. Never told anyone this shit before I'm just getting it off my chest /k/.
>nice blog post
>>30005858
Sounds about right.
ive been screaming alot
>>30005911
What does?
>>30005950
What he's experiencing pretty much checks the diagnostic boxes for PTSD.
>>30005960 I'm him
>>30005858
>>30005950
Fuck, I don't know what to do. I don't want to go to a psychiatrist. How do I make myself better?
>>30005989
Therapist? Several studies have shown that therapy can be far more effective than meds.
>>30006037
Maybe. I don't know what good talking to some Freudian faggot will do, though.
>>30006058
A lot actually. CBT fucking works.
>>30001412
Honestly: Get yourself a stuffed animal.
- You dont have to deal with the stress and care of a "real" living animal - remember: you still got PTSD
- Still a stuffed animal can give you - on a psychological base - the same "feelgood" as a real doge.
/k/ will perhaps laugh at me for this post. But then again you have to overcome that feeling of "I'm a grown man, I cant talk to a stuffed animal like a 5 year old".
Here's what you should do:
>Go to a toy store and get yourself the cutest bear, dog, whatever
>Take him home, give him a name.
>Talk to him like you would talk to a dog
>Let him "answer" you in your own words - yeah that sounds pretty autistic but it helps you build a connection.
>Enjoy having a "friend" that wont die, will never leave you.
Off course you dont have to mention this to anyone in the world. But to be honest: I did this a lot of years ago too and it worked great. The bear - Mr. Brown btw - is now my little daughter's best friend after I told her that "mr. brown once helped daddy a lot when he felt very bad after he came home from the war"
>>30006083
Can I walk myself through CBT? Might be a retarded question but I really don't want to see a therapist. I think I would feel worse about myself if I had to talk to someone about my problems, and I also don't want people around me to look at me differently.
>>30006144
Do you have friends or people you can trust to talk to? Sometimes just talking about and having someone listen helps. Honestly most of what a therapist does is just provide a safe space where you can work things out yourself. A friend or the Internet can do the same thing, just to a lessor effect so it will take longer.
>>30006190
I have friends but none that I would disclose this shit to. Honestly, I feel better just after talking to you for a minute. Thanks, anon.
>>30006058
LIterally no one uses Freudian psychology anymore, or even takes it seriously.
>>30006238
I was just making a joke.
>>30006083
As does drinking heavily. Or so I like to tell myself.
>>30004007
>>30006279
And I am now drinking to this shit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0XKhAHR5I
>>30006232
Yea, it's a catch 22. A therapist is actually going to be someone that can make good progress with, but no one wants to talk to them.
Happy I could help. Just doing this once or twice a month is good. Mix it up with some animals, and booze for when you have hard days, and you'll make it.
A lot of people discourage booze. It's not a permanent fix but it'll help get you through a tought spot.
>>30006435
Weed really helps. I quit a few months back because I want to get my emt cert and become an emt and that means lots of piss tests. Once I stopped smoking before bed my gf started waking up with bruises on her legs from me kicking in my sleep.
>>30004909
>implying they dont just self diagnose
>>30006119
at first I was like
> Lol stuffed animal, wtf man
then
> think about it for a while
> shit, that dude's right
>>30004007
It sure is /12yearsold/ in here
>>30006119
>Stuffed toy gives you as much joy as a living, breathing thing
Well, that certainly isn't true for me.
>>30003086
Funny how that works, some shrink decides to not put those stupid letters that unlock so many doors for help. Instead you get saddled with disassociate and readjustment disorders, which have the same fucking guidelines as ptsd. Fucking VA.
Op I actually bought a ferret as my battle way back. I couldn't imagine coping without him.
>>30004574
It's weird how they wear it like a badge.
I don't talk about it, or acknowledge it - my own wife doesn't even know.
>>30001412
I also have a PTSD pupper. It is also a Husky.
I love her more than my girlfriend.
>>30007738
I'm paying out of pocket, since I don't really trust the VA. And I made a typo and meant to type DID instead of PTSD.
>>30006119
I've heard that thinking positive things about yourself in the third person is a good way to overcome the negative thought loops that tend to come with a lot of this stuff, this sounds like it accomplishes something similar in a more conversational way.
Plus there is nothing wrong with enjoying cute soft things.
Pupper helps keep your mind off things, but for me, and others it also hurts a little. The urge to go out and normalize, or socialize can be easily silenced by "OH FUCK, WHAT IF A TANK FALLS OUT OF A C130 AND LANDS ON MY DOG, AND I WASN'T THERE FOR HIM? Better stay home." An extreme example, but I use, "I have to take care of my dog" to further myself from people, ALL THE TIME.
