tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084876361608306937.post3956706978249589873..comments2024-02-26T19:17:44.872-08:00Comments on Living with PTSD and TBI: UnthinkableUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084876361608306937.post-6744310188779387022010-06-27T07:42:45.431-07:002010-06-27T07:42:45.431-07:00Stick around more Wife of A Wounded Soldier! I jus...Stick around more Wife of A Wounded Soldier! I just found yours yesterday!! I had seen it across the internet, and bookmarked you. Wasn't sure if we were dealing with the same issues or not!! A very warm welcome to a fellow "Volunteer"Uncle Sam's Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179663021921239430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084876361608306937.post-77133485962091177672010-06-26T15:53:11.214-07:002010-06-26T15:53:11.214-07:00I know K....I guess it's hard for me to unders...I know K....I guess it's hard for me to understand because what I have seen, is always on tv. Does that make sense? So I am very much in the dark as most spouses are. Attending the Vietnam Veteran's Homecoming here, I heard a LOT more than what was in the history books I read....Looking back on the conversation, I should have kept my trap shut. BUT on my blog, I want to be honest with how I feel. I meant no offense to you or my husband or any soldier for that matter...War is war, as you said "nation against nation"....and in no way do I oppose nor am I a peace sign toking protester. Haha! I just look at my kids and think "does he feel this way about them?" I guess that is the mama coming out in me! I know though, given the opportunity, they would harm us in a heartbeat and that part is what saddens me most.Uncle Sam's Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179663021921239430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084876361608306937.post-80176568204134053572010-06-26T15:33:18.819-07:002010-06-26T15:33:18.819-07:00Just found your blog and I am interested in readin...Just found your blog and I am interested in reading more.Wife of a Wounded Soldierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113425984851489988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084876361608306937.post-57493651158704828312010-06-26T12:31:32.224-07:002010-06-26T12:31:32.224-07:00This is all very interesting and all. But! The sam...This is all very interesting and all. But! The same things happened in Viet Nam. Kids with friggin bombs. And they were godless commies...<br /> War SUCKS. ALL ARE EXPENDABLE! SUCH IS THE NATURE OF WAR. It's not one army against another. It's one Nation against another.<br />And what you saw was his WAR face. And his anger was directed at your words and opinion. Not at you personally. Such is the nature of a warrior. Everyone who isn't like me is my enemy...<br />And unlike those pussies in the NFL, Our enemies really do mean us harm...<br />I'll lighten up now.<br />Be blessed young sisters.KrippledWarriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09693973753642324616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084876361608306937.post-10621797325945643152010-06-26T06:38:05.465-07:002010-06-26T06:38:05.465-07:00YES exactly! And when he scares me like that, I fe...YES exactly! And when he scares me like that, I feel somewhat guilty afterward because I feel I should not ever be scared of him.....however, he isn't the same man either.Uncle Sam's Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179663021921239430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084876361608306937.post-43778319782280372072010-06-25T23:36:02.584-07:002010-06-25T23:36:02.584-07:00I know what you mean. When you look at a face of w...I know what you mean. When you look at a face of which you should know every wrinkle and blemish but suddenly see a stranger. Not only that, a stranger who could snuff your friggin lights out in the blink of an eye like a trained assassin. Shudder!PTSD, A Caregiver's Perspectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880657272299182629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084876361608306937.post-58912196242123538592010-06-25T13:26:46.950-07:002010-06-25T13:26:46.950-07:00Oh yeah...I mean I knew about all this but of cour...Oh yeah...I mean I knew about all this but of course not about the movie having this stuff in it. The only story I knew about a child, which I have a beautiful photo of, was "mullet boy" as my husband's platoon called him because of his mullet he wore. Hubby said this kid was the last child the village had, so if you saw him outside, nobody died that day. The village was not taking a chance on losing the only child they had left. That's it. Nothing more ever said until last night...I think the part that bothered me so much was not the kids, not the movie, just the fact that he looked like he absolutely could kill me. It was a mean, menacing, give you the heebie jeebie look. Not sure how else to explain it.Uncle Sam's Mistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01179663021921239430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084876361608306937.post-43626163546603778302010-06-25T10:12:52.307-07:002010-06-25T10:12:52.307-07:00Your post took me back to a presentation I gave fo...Your post took me back to a presentation I gave for the Sheriff's department at the end of April.<br /><br />At one point I was talking about flashbacks and how they can be triggered by something as innocent as the sound of children playing. In Baghdad kids always hung around wherever there were soldiers, asking questions trying to obtain information to take back to snipers “Hey GI Joe, what time you commin’ back? Hey Joe, what’s your name?”<br /><br />They were viewed as the next generation of insurgents, just like the ones that had no problem at all using children as decoys for car bombs to help get them past checkpoints before detonating the vehicle. Or children left in cars in busy market places where vehicles are not normally supposed to park but they point at the kids in the back and say "I'll be right back" only to blow the effing car up, kids and all! <br /><br />"Sacrificing" their children in Alah's name is so far outside the realm of our comprehension it's not real.PTSD, A Caregiver's Perspectivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14880657272299182629noreply@blogger.com