Guest guest Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Hi Jake, Yes I do remember what you said, especially about PTSD, a hidden painful illness most forces members do not like admitting to as it is not treated seriously enough by those in authority. Now you have K related dreams have your more horrific dreams of warfare gone away? J's dreams only come when he has talked about what he did in wars or we see something relevant on TV. Otherwise he claims never to dream. He is a very deep and introspective man, very slow to anger and deeply empathic. You are probably the same? At least your experience shows that J may also awaken his K, or maybe he has but does not realise it yet? Thank you Jake, you are a great help to me in understanding the man I love. Skydancer x , Andrew Carney <jakecarney36 wrote: > > LS:You remember that your husband's experience and mine are similar. If it is any consolation I am dreaming what I believe to be pre k or k dreams. I have at least 4 a week compared to never remembering any. > Jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Hi Skydancer:I am still rather quick to anger, but a lot better than I have been in the past. I have done individual, group and in house therapy for PTSD since 1968. I also was a therapist with the Veterans Administration dealing with PTSD and the comorbidity of substance abuse. A recurring dream before I stopped recalling dreams was of me on a plane returing to Vietnam for a third time. I used to say to myself "Once, ok, twice questionable, three times, I'm out of my mind to go along with this." I never recalled dreams until the past year. I have them around 3 or 4 times a week now. A lot are about my family, usually of dead members. A dream of two weeks ago consisted of me screaming an obsenity in the middle of a street peopled by participants from "my side" that I knew were in combat." My outbust was in protest of soldiers killed in a recent action. Many were killed, but my take was that a lot more were killed, possibly making the event greater in my mind. The people that I passed seemed complacent. Their complacentcy may have been magnified because it seemed that the soldiers were not killed in combat but may have been killed while they were off duty having fun on there own. I guess that was just my mind's way to think that the Army may have had a way to further justify their deaths by playing them down to the falt of the of those killed because they were having a good time.This was the first dream that I have had of combat for many years even though I talked about my experience and listened to the experiences of others frequently. This dream seemed gratifying to me because I allowed my feelings out and was able to protest the death of my friends. I wasn't upset when I woke up, I actually felt good because this is who I am.You or your husband can contact me at my adress anytime.Jake--- On Thu, 11/6/08, Skydancer <ionaskydancer Hi Jake, Yes I do remember what you said, especially about PTSD, a hidden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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