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- When I was healthy I was a hospital chaplain, so after my kidney crash now I teach death and dying classes nursing students at a community college. Summer school started last night, and our topic included "reading the human text," meaning not just...
- Six years ago this week I posted on DS PTSD for the very first time. I came because I'd been on meds since 1985, but in 2011 kidney failure was causing my docs to remove them all. After 26 years on meds, we had no idea how I'd get through...
- I got a lot of support for my last doctor's appointment last month and did well, so I thought I'd go to today's appointment on my own. I'm proud of myself, I did well with being handled and stuff today, without getting my PTSD too triggered by...
- I got a lot of support for my last doctor's appointment last month and did well, so I thought I'd go to today's appointment on my own. I'm proud of myself, I did well with being handled and stuff today, without getting my PTSD too triggered by...
- I posted last week about how shakey with PTSD I was coming to the end of the school year at the community college where I work. For the last 2 weeks or so I had PTSD insomnia going on, which affects all of my other PTSD symptoms. I still got...
- I'm writing this mindful that it may be seen by members of my DS PTSD group. However, it's a sincere query seeking guidance to stay connected to them, so I trust if any one of them reads this they will take it in the spirit in which it was...
- I'm in my last week of school year duties at my college. I'm about to leave right now to take part in Commencement. I sit on the stage in my cap and gown and announce the names of students so they can come up and get their diploma from our...
- It's finals week where I teach, so I'm facing the usual challenge of having the stress of those around me mix together with my own everyday PTSD stress. Nothing new, but it's still a challenge every time. Today I had a student come back to my...
- I've been trying to counter the stress of the last few months by driving 2 hours away to see comedians live. I know, what does that have to do with PTSD, right? Well, for me, everything. But that's another story.I was driving back from a...
- Chronic kidney disease and diabetes have added to my PTSD now in my old age, so I have to have regular CKD and diabetes appointments along with visits to my psychiatrist. I saw my psychiatrist last week, but now I have to see my primary care doc...
- This has nothing to do with our discussion about allowing exceptions to our DS anti-spamming policy to allow employment info to flow to our members. I'm all for that. Just thought I'd pass on a warning that a regular old fashioned spammer...
- My PTSD has had me struggling with nightmares and sleep because of my trauma from age 9 when I was in a car bombing as a missionary kid overseas. Here's a summary I've posted here before as to what happened:"Our car got bombed when my family...
- I had a rare, major nightmare last night, a big doosie. It was a really big nightmare for me on a level I only have once a year. My dad was an untreated bipolar, a missionary who took my family to 4 mission field war zones, one after another....
- I didn't mention it here earlier because I wasn't sure I was in the physical shape to pull it off. My kidney disease's nerve damage to my legs has been progressing. Though I've walked with a cane for years and have made it to work and have made...
- I had a heck of a day yesterday, the last school day before Easter break. A series of diverse people wanted to talk privately with me to process some feelings. One was an Iraq veteran who is my student, a really great guy who served on a Marine...