Blog Day 1.
As this is my first post on my PTSD Blog I'll make it an introduction, I am an ex-british-soldier, ex-freelance-soldier, ex-humanitarian aid worker and to top it all off there was some sexual abuse when I was a child too.
Wikipedia says of PTSD: Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is the term for a severe and ongoing emotional reaction to an extreme psychological trauma.
Also: Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) is a clinically recognized condition that results from prolonged exposure to prolonged social and/or interpersonal trauma, including instances of physical abuse, emotional abuse,sexual abuse, domestic violence, torture, chronic early maltreatment in a caregiving relationship, and war.
So, I have Complex PTSD, which is nice... well actually it isn't, it's a living hell. For me it has bad parts and less-bad-parts.
I started this blog today (middle of october 2007) after a few days of a 'bad part', over the last few days I have had almost constant flashbacks which are invading my mind and altering my moods, to put it lightly.
More will follow and I'll also post some poetry I've written, speak more about what I have going on and I also plan to post some song lyrics that explain things better than I can. for now this is all.
