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AP: Army suicide rates highest since 1980
The Associated Press reported on January 29, 2009 that at least 128 U.S. Army troops committed suicide in 2008, the highest number recorded since the Army began keeping suicide statistics in 1980. The number may ...
Feeling Broken
Yesterday I went to my doctor to hear him confirm what I already knew: I have bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome — damage in both wrists. To begin aggressive therapy, he injected me with a steroid ...
The anxiety cycle
We are exactly three weeks away from owning a house today, a fact that fills me with an inner joy so great that not even waking up with the Beastie Boys’ “Paul Revere” in my ...
Revelations
Recently I discussed the recurring nightmare memory that led me to a realization of what my “problem” is: Complex PTSD as a result of childhood sexual trauma and abuse, with what I believe was delayed ...
VA Psychiatrist says changing designation for PTSD would end the stigma that prevents sufferers from seeking treatment
Dr. Jonathan Shay, a psychiatrist who has worked with the VA clinic in Boston, spoke at the American Psychoanalytic Association Meeting today and stated his belief that removing the word “disorder” from the name of ...
Be the Best
Today is the day we remember that we are more than we have been. I want to ask you a question, and that is: What is your life’s blueprint? … . I want to suggest ...
Down
I have been really down all week since I discovered that I blew my chance with school. Long story short, I did not end up graduating last May because I had an outstanding incomplete that ...