Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Support Group

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dealing with a iraq vet who suffers from ptsd

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hi im engaged to a wonderfull lady who hust got home from iraq and suffers this anyone else
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Yes...below the discussion posts here is a group called 'PTSD Supporters'...This is for people like you who are supporting someone with PTSD.

You are welcome on both sites.

Be sure to check out my Resources article in the PTSD Supporters Group, it has some helpful links in it.

Also, feel free to ask for advice on how to deal with an aspect of her and her PTSD...

You are not alone. I hope you'll get some support you need here!
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Welcome to the group. Hope you find support here. Also, the group Daisy recommended is great.
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My son suffers PTSD also - three tours in Iraq and 1 in Afghanistan plus injuries in Iraq have done him in. I worry a lot about him and I am sure that doesn't help my own PTSD.

One thing I had to do over and over was encourage him to use the services available through VA - he wanted to be Macho Man and do it himself. True military stuff I think. Altho the military is doing more to get the returning soldiers to get mental health treatment, there is still the I am tough mentality there.

Well, through VA he found others who could understand him and his feelings. They had seen and had to do the same things and so he could talk to them about it all. He won't tell us much because he doesn't want us to really know what he saw and went through. I think it was horrible for him at times and so sharing that with his wife, his mom and dad, or siblings just isn't going to happen. Other recovering soldiers help him a lot.
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