Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Trucking?

truely feel for you brother, i still have the nightmares sometimes myself, and i've been out for 3 years now, i was a marine in force recon. I also agree with the 3 month waiting time, i waited myself for 6 months and i've just recently graduated from a private school and have a job offer with schneider, just to let you know that it is possible. keep your head up, and things should start working out.

 

Interesting thread man. I've been out of the truck for over 4 years and looking forward to getting back in. Me, I'm doing thing in reverse order, 3 years in the truck 4 years in the Army as a fobbit and man, my best scare the heck out me dreams involve jackknifing in Dubuque . My military nightmares are usually the jacked-up uniform dreams( Class- A's with a wizard hat , desert camo lederhosen, high heals with pt's for a platoon run).

 

lol. wish thats how my nightmares were.

 

as a former inf man in viet nam in 65 an 66 it will fade away. when i think about viet nam now think about getting drunk with my buddies, 2 dollar girls,and the brotherhood that only combat can produce. and most of all thank you for your service.

 

Some things are best left private.



It's even becoming touchy with PTSD and gun ownership !!!

http://www.theveteransvoice.com/Vets-PTSD-and-Guns.html

 

Keep it on the low, talk to doc about it but not the dot doc.

 

So many good replys!
Mine still haunt me sometimes but not so much now. Back then there wasn't an official name for it and we all just thought something was wrong with us. There's nothin' wrong with us! Nam era vet in south America awhile. Never went to Nam., did a gig in Iq tho 08-09 working for an ODA, SF Ranger outfit. Sons a light inf. platoon SSG. with a bad case of PTSD for good reason after 3 tours getting bloody, but still functions fine. Maybe this will help...the mission is be quiet and maintain! Get on with your life and stop thinking about stuff ya can't do anything about. Burn the cds, photos, etc. Bury the bad stuff and move on.
Easy to say, not so easy to do I know, but you are probably more in tune with yourself right now, than you ever have been.
Just don't tell em what they don't need to know. You will do fine!

God loves a soldier!,,,and so do his brothers. Welcome home!


BTW, 12345,,,that looks alot like a set of quad .50s in a duce-n-a-half to me ! Haven't seen anything like that in years.

 

twolane,

you're correct...Quad .50's !!

1970 tan son nhut airbase...

 

I also was in Force Recon 2nd Mar Div!! I have PTSD And amost 15 years later i'm still trucking! Don't give too much info and it should be fine.Thanks for your service.Semper Fi Devil Dog!!