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PTSD Hell
My PTSD has become almost overwhelming. I wake up each morning and I’m depressed that I didn’t die in my sleep. I lay there and wish I didn’t have to face another day. Images of a rope with a noose … Continue reading
PTSD Destroys Souls
There is a special kind of loneliness and separation from the world that PTSD forces upon you. I may be surrounded by people but I connect on a human level with none of them. I listen to their vapid, meaningless … Continue reading
Medics, Morphine and Gang Rape
We were assigned to a fire base near the DMZ for a few days of R&R and to get ready to go back into the field. For me, part of “relaxing” was to grab a ride into Dong Ha/Quang Tri … Continue reading
Posted in Another Perspective, Politics, PTSD, Vietnam, Vietnam
Tagged post traumatic stress disability, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, Vietnam, war
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Little Dead Vietnamese Girls
It started on a fairly sunny, warm day. I had come in-country just a couple weeks earlier. 26 weeks of boot camp and combat infantry training had already shown me that being a Marine was a bad decision but there … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, PTSD, Religion, Vietnam
Tagged Bush, government, post traumatic stress disability, post traumatic stress disorder, President Obama, PTSD, Reagan, veterans, Vietnam, war
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PTSD, Pretty Words and Reality.
I’m on Facebook. I see a lot of posts that advise us to live in the moment, to let the past go, to forgive ourselves and move on. Those are wonderful sentiments for some, I suppose. I guess there are … Continue reading
Posted in Another Perspective, Politics, PTSD
Tagged Afghanistan, government, post traumatic stress disability, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, Vietnam, war
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VA Medical Care Pt.2
VA Medical Care Isn’t And Is Getting Worse In the ongoing saga of me versus the imaginary VA Medical Care, we find our hero no long able to walk like a human being with his left foot. Instead, like Chester … Continue reading
Posted in PTSD, Veteran's Administration
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Progressive Mind
A Progressive Mind: Personal Reflections on Reality When I was younger, many years ago, I began making little notes of things that passed through my mind. None of them are particularly noteworthy but all meant something very special to me … Continue reading
Posted in Another Perspective, Politics, Religion
Tagged Bush, Clinton, Congress, government, jesus, left, liberal, progressive, Reagan, republicans, socialism, united states, Vietnam
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Perfect Path?
The Perfect Path? I am, as so many other people have proclaimed themselves, only human. I see so many of my own words and deeds that I know are wrong in my heart but I so seldom understand that they … Continue reading
Posted in Religion
Tagged Christians, government, left, liberal, perfect path, progressive, united states, Vietnam
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VA Medical “Care”
Okay, this sucks. The vast VA medical care system, one of the largest in America, gives up very easily and can tell a vet, “We don’t know what is causing the problem but we won’t do any more tests to … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, PTSD
Tagged Afghanistan, government, Iraq, VA, Veteran's Administration, veterans, Vietnam
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American Christian’s Ignorance of Christ
One of my favorite quotes I’ve ever heard came from that lover of peace and brotherhood, Gandhi, when he was asked what he thought about Christianity. His simple reply was, “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. … Continue reading
Posted in Religion
Tagged buddha, Christ, Christianity, Christians, Jefferson's Bible, left, liberal, progressive, Religion, socialism, Thomas Jefferson
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