:) Good Morning Everyone;
I must apologize for taking so long to get back on here before things got out of hand. Let me try a clear this up. First I'm sorry for not putting into post where on Watchdog I actually saw the article, when I first read it I got scared because I have filed claims for PTSD for 10 or more years but never had the courage to write about my stressors. Like many of us Viet Nam Veterans we have tried to forget the past and what we endured over there as well as what we have gone through since returning home. With the help of my PTSD counslers and PTSD group sessions I am slowly trying to come to terms with my past.....here and overseas. My life before going to Nam was hope filled. I was supposed to come home to be a State Police Officer in Michigan. Had most of my life planned with marriage, family, and the GOOD life. When I returned home all that was gone, replaced by things I seen and did while in Nam. My first try at suicide was 1 month after I came back, from there it was all downhill with no way to stop. Never could hold down a job, failed marriage, estranged from my entire family, drugs and alcohol, constant failed relationships, etc. But enough of that because we all know where that leads.
Now to the point of all this. I wrote 3 stressor accounts for the VA. It took me almost 3 months to complete them. After submitting them along with my 9th claim for PTSD I only let one other person read them and that was my PTSD counsler. He makes it a point to keep in contact with me at least once a week. One stressor is easily verifyable because of records, the other 2 are not due to the nature of the incidents and the cover-up's of the people in charge of the Units I was supporting. I was a Scout Dog Handler and supported many different Units.
Needless to say after reading the article in Watchdog and knowing I'm now waiting for a rating decision on my numerous claims I got spooked and needed reassurance from fellow Vets. I really did not mean to start a rucus.
Sorry,
OL'MAN