After watching this video, I ask that you take a few extra minutes
to read the article I linked below. The article discusses the growing number
of veterans, since returning home from the war, that are diagnosed with
symptoms of PTSD. To understand what it’s
like to experience symptoms of PTSD, then re-watch the video.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/05/22/11744723-veteran-fights-va-to-keep-ptsd-diagnosis?lite
For
those of you who’s yet to take notice, I’ve slightly began to change the theme of my blog. I don't follow military news
like I use to.
Earlier this year I was also diagnosed with symptoms of PTSD.
Each time I read a news article about: "How our veterans are still
being mistreated"... "How Congress or the Supreme Court hasn’t done anything to improve the laws to better protect us", or "How our veterans are being seduced to
commit inhuman acts against others, ie. raping innocent men and women", It
keeps me on edge…
For the past year, I’ve reached out to provide advocacy support
for other veterans. While doing so, I was
warned by my VA mental health therapist that it may not be a wise idea. I must admit, he was correct. After listening to other veteran’s stress-related
issues, day in and night, I’d reached my breaking point. So I had to pass the baton back over to the
trained professionals.
To cope with the added stress of the other veteran's issues, I had to seek additional means
of self-therapy. This is because I suffer from a blood disorder condition
called essential thrombocythemia.
The incurable condition was brought on when my military superiors
exposed me to extremely stressful working conditions (or should I say, lack
thereof) and by subjecting me to cruel and excessive punishment.
To prevent me from having a stroke or a heart attack, each day for
the rest of my life, I am prescribed chemotherapy medication. Meanwhile,
the average person is only required to take an aspirin for stroke and heart
attack prevention.
I try to minimize my stress levels by incorporating mental and
physical at-home or health spa relaxation techniques.
To confront my fears, I’m learning to recite and perform my poetry
by creating an alter-ego. I also began
to write short stories, ideas for a series of romance novels and spoken-word
song lyrics.
Since
coming “Full Circle”, I encourage other veterans to seek help and guidance from
GOD our Creator for help in confronting the demons that keep us awake at night.
By doing so, you will be guided on a path of finding YOUR inner peace.
Syneeda you are very brave, to want to speak out to share your story. I'm a military wife and I see it first hand, the affects of PTSD. My husband is 8 times deployed and he's not the person I married 13 years ago. Even my children are afraid of him. I don't trust going to the family support groups because of my husband's rank, he would rather stand in front of a stray bullet, rather than expose to his unit and comrades he needs help. I don't know what to do. Can you help me?
ReplyDeleteAnon, I wish I could give you more advice than what I've already previously posted on my blog. Contact your local Senator or Congressman, I pray that they are a President Obama supporter because he seems to care more about our females, minorities and homosexual military veterans. I wish you luck. Whatever you do don't bother contacting the DoD Inspector General's office. All they will do is take your complaint, tell you your case is waiting in que to be assigned an investigator. A few months will go by, they will contact you via email to inform you that your investigation is pending... But will never be investigated! After months of being stonewalled, you will receive a final notification when they inform you, "After careful review and evaluation" of the "government's facts" (not yours) it has been determined that your case is considered closed! This is what happened to me early last year. On the day of my father's funeral I received an official confirmation that the DoD IG was reopening my case, based on new and compelling evidence. They jerked my chain for 4 months. A few weeks before Rear Admiral Greenert was sworn in to be the next Chief of Naval Operations, I received a letter informing me that my case is closed. I suspected because of his direct connection with my April 2007 and April 2008 Navy and DoD IG complaint of unlawful discrimination, reprisal and defense contract fraud allegations. During my entire case he served as the Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet Forces Command. There are so many top brass military advisers with so many skeletons in their closet, I don't know how they sleep at night because of the constant rattling, lol... If you've been through what I've been through you will learn to develop a sense of humor. At times I find it difficult to deal with how my military attackers were able to get away with mentally abusing and traumatizing me, especially after they caged me in prison for 45 days. They knew exactly what they were doing because as long as I was not sentenced to serve 6 months in prison, I would not be entitled to an automatic appeal. After I was released, I remained on active duty for an entire year just so they could continue to torment me. When they learned I'd filed a lawsuit with the Dept of Justice Anti-Trust division, reporting them for bidrigging a defense contract, they kicked me out of the Navy, This came 2 weeks after I was prescribed a highly toxic chemotherapy medication. My commanding officer at the time, along with senior Navy officials at the Pentagon helped to orchestrate my illegal discharge. My case is so bizarre even foreign bloggers find it interesting.
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