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Originally Posted by DAT11
i have another appt with a psych in a week,alas its only going to be another 30 minute session,it seems the way the VA handles it.I am hanging on,but it feels like by my finger nails.with combat ptsd you feel as though noone will fully understand you and what you are going through.Hell i dont even understand and im living it.Its always been there since i retuned,and im guessing it always will be.And yes there have been other more recent traumas to help my slide backwards,it really all started coming back a couple of years ago with a bomb blast at work,and since then just progressively worse.I tried to tell the psych to some degree what i am going through but he was more interested in my mother...lol Again i just dont know what to do am i expecting a miricle,no just some clarity
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Have you checked out the subgroup for combat PSTD? You will definitely find someone who's been there on that board and it's really important that you get feedback from those who are going through that very specific kind of trauma. Do not give up; not all therapists are good matches. Find out if you can change to someone else. The VA counselors are so overwhelmed by the number of vets needing help and it sounds like yours is burned out. You need to be assertive and that may mean telling the counselor that you need him to give you some relevant feedback. In the meantime, get lots of fresh air and exercise; that will help to burn off some of that excess adrenaline. And check out the combat boards.