Any Vietnam era combat vets here or any combat vets...

OIF/OEF veteran. PTSD and anxiety has been terrible since getting out 4 years ago.

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To ahead a make your smart arse remarks now for all of you that don't understand.

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This is a Patriot board. If you don't get respect for your service here, you know you are talking to a filthy Progressive.



Also-I have Vietnam-related PTSD but it's related to my Vietnamese wife.

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I’m so sorry, momentoftruth87.
I battle mental illness on a daily (hourly) basis.
Thankfully, the demons are at bay right now.

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Its terrible isn't it?

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Thank you for your service; and please, look after yourself.
There’s zero shame in what you’re experiencing.

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Its an amazing feeling knowing you served fine folks. I'm grateful I had the opportunity to do so.

OIF vet here—but this thread from earlier this week should give you a good idea where vets, in general on this board, place their allegiance this election.

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EKG

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After seeing some of your posts—including the stuff about the British side of your family, as well as you being from Texas, I wanted to ask if you might have been a Marine out of a San Antonio reserve unit in OIF? EKG is a name that has significance to me too.

This year fricking SUCKS. Anxiety is sky rocketing for everyone. A former soldier could easily have anxiety manifest with PTSD or flashback or whatever you wish to call it.

Anxiety sucks. Whatever your trigger is, anxiety finds it.

I never served in the military. Had a nightmare the other night that I did??? WTF?? And in the Pacific during WW2, and I was a POW. We were being marched and children were being killed. Then I was out but trying to eat in a Japanese restaurant but treated like shite and fed whatever they had left.

My Dad served in Vietnam era but was stationed in a Japanese hospital where soldiers received more definitive care before being sent back to the states. HE would tell stories of how the Japanese hated them. Hiroshima and Nagasaki only being 25-30 years prior.

Just a hodge podge of all shite that can get my anxiety going.

During the day did you have encounter any sounds or smells that reminded you of that time? These can be triggers for Vets. If possible stay away from them. I wish you well and advise you that there are many outlets to get you help if needed. Take care.

Not a vet, but went through a series of violent and traumatic events as a teen. Mid 30’s now and recently I’ve started waking up reliving those events drenched in cold sweat.

God bless ya’ll. I couldn’t imagine reliving months in a war zone.

I've likely never come across any of you vets, but I love you all and I truly mean that. I have an entire heart full of respect for those who served this great nation.

Both of my grandfathers fought in WWII, one in the Pacific and one in Europe. Also a couple uncles in Vietnam and then some green ops cold war era stuff in Europe. Many cousins and good friends who were in OIF/OEF. Most of my good friends' dads were Marines in the Vietnam War; one of which had trouble getting VA benefits because he was in Cambodia where we "officially" never were; one who was a Tunnel Rat and that little dude I promise you'd never want to anger; and one who was on the original FORECON team doing POW extractions, back when they were considered "too extreme".

I digress somewhat, but I said all that to be able to tell you that I understand what PTSD and the flashbacks do to quite strong people. I have not experienced it myself, but I have witnessed, very personally, how it affects veterans and their families.

I pray for you all, as often as I can. I'm just one random anonymous internet poster, but I'm one of MANY who are eternally grateful for your service and the sacrifices of yourselves and your families.