this post was asking what MY perception of ptsd is..to which i answered...honestly. i am sorry if y perception bothers or triggers anyone..

i get it..been there, done that, bought the psych ward t shirt more times than once...done it without family to criticize me...i doubt if anyone who stays in chez bin for an emergency stay isn't a little traumatized...really it is just a stabilization or holding place..not someplace that's warm & cuddly...want to talk about the time the guy in the room across from me hung himself?

i am a work in progress..i have said that before..i am not here to say my ptsd is not better or more healed than yours or worse than yours or what ever..it isn't a game...

i also am sorry if i don't wallow in my conditions or allow them to run my life..i can not..i live alone with no family & limited support system..so things have to get done. period. i feel the same about all my health conditions..been hospitalized about 15 or so times for assorted things , & can't tell you how many ER visits.. i have to focus & deal..or my dogs don't get fed, bills don't get paid, etc. there is no one esle to pick up the slack. if i don't focus they will die. period. as part of my job i had to focus & work...i couldn't afford to drift..it could get me killed or the public...so i focus.

as far as i know people of all stages of progress are permitted to post here, as well as those who may not even have ptsd...

as i said..this was my post describing my position on it. am i healed? no..i just went thru a difficult time with a law enforcement ranger's death..i am not immune to ptsd...but i guess i manage differently.

so if this means my view is different than yours, well so be it. that does not make it wrong...just different.