Cherish and enjoy what you have
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Bigmurph6
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They describe it as one I believe that its an adaptation not a disorder but im no doctor lol its just how I feel comparing ptsd to sczoeffective disorder or others ptsd causes people to be different and have difficulty but I believe that it also gives them strengths that are overlooked because people only see it as a mental disorder.
@John side by side I would want you or @Kad1 over someone who hasn’t adapted to a serious situation and doesn’t have the ability to break it down and not freeze up or run.
@John side by side I would want you or @Kad1 over someone who hasn’t adapted to a serious situation and doesn’t have the ability to break it down and not freeze up or run.
Bigmurph6
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This is the downside to it but I still believe that it also has given you strengths
Atleast for me I shouldn’t speak for anyone else my ptsd gives me anxiety beyond imagination but it allows me to if shit hits the fan handle whatever happens which was required just a few weeks ago
I shouldn’t have told anyone how they feel that was a misjudgement on my part I apologize
Atleast for me I shouldn’t speak for anyone else my ptsd gives me anxiety beyond imagination but it allows me to if shit hits the fan handle whatever happens which was required just a few weeks ago
I shouldn’t have told anyone how they feel that was a misjudgement on my part I apologize
Rusty
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Love how you start this post “good morning mother fuckers”. Then end it with a hug and love. I agree though. It’s almost always easy to wanna hug the kids. The wife sometimes it’s easy and sometimes it’s not. Doing it when it’s not easy separates the men from the boys. And yes. I do fall into the boys category time to time.
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Absolutely. The mental game is 90% of what we do. Mental toughness. Doing it day in, day out, whether we see immediate results or not, whether we have a strong lifting day or a weak one, whether personal shit is flying all around us or not. If flowers or pink drinks help in that regard, I say go for it!
Now that I’ve read the rest of this thread, I agree with @Bigmurph : Having gone through crisis and having had the responsibility of resolving or leading its resolution teaches the brain to live with strife, to not freak out when the adrenaline rush hits, to keep a cool head, ignore the fear as much as possible, and just do what you need to do to resolve the situation. Classic military and rescue training and experience. The people who have been through that are best prepared to handle future crisis of any type. Mental toughness is a learned response. Comes more naturally to some than others.
For me (poor comparison, I know), it’s getting up in Court in front of a room full of people scrutinizing every word you say, every gesture you make, every hair on your head or your face, your clothes, how articulate you are, how charming you are, and so on. And you have to put all of that out of your head and do what you need to do to win because that is what the client is paying you to do. At the beginning, the adrenaline rush is intense, and you have to squelch it or you’ll fuck up. The more you do it, the better you get. But the fear and the adrenaline never goes away. You just get better at handling it.
Again, a very poor comparison to the life-threatening situations you guys see in the military and rescue business.
For me (poor comparison, I know), it’s getting up in Court in front of a room full of people scrutinizing every word you say, every gesture you make, every hair on your head or your face, your clothes, how articulate you are, how charming you are, and so on. And you have to put all of that out of your head and do what you need to do to win because that is what the client is paying you to do. At the beginning, the adrenaline rush is intense, and you have to squelch it or you’ll fuck up. The more you do it, the better you get. But the fear and the adrenaline never goes away. You just get better at handling it.
Again, a very poor comparison to the life-threatening situations you guys see in the military and rescue business.
Bigmurph6
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Its not the same but it is we adapt to survive from the brain just being wired that way
I truly believe this ive been through things I can’t even talk about and it gave me anxiety that’s on another level but also allows me to be completely under control when those horrible situations have happened over the years it happened just a couple of weeks ago and I was still able to completely stay in control.
I have seen many completely freeze and can’t move or lose control running for their lives which I don’t blame them and I helped them through it but im able to function normally when without that adrenaline I guess I don’t function normally its extremely hard for me to explain in words because most of it isn’t able to be explained in language its feelings.
I truly believe this ive been through things I can’t even talk about and it gave me anxiety that’s on another level but also allows me to be completely under control when those horrible situations have happened over the years it happened just a couple of weeks ago and I was still able to completely stay in control.
I have seen many completely freeze and can’t move or lose control running for their lives which I don’t blame them and I helped them through it but im able to function normally when without that adrenaline I guess I don’t function normally its extremely hard for me to explain in words because most of it isn’t able to be explained in language its feelings.
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