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Melissa Hooppaw posted an update in the group Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Advocate Network
PTSD has a way of weaving a web into your every thought and action. One hallmark symptom of PTSD is hyper vigilance. I barely realize I navigate through each day watching for threats, but I do. It kept me alive and brought me home after two deployments. As I sit and enjoy my morning coffee, I watched as a baby rabbit slowly crept up to my bird…[Read more]
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Melissa Hooppaw joined the group Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Advocate Network
Hi Melissa,
As consistently working with all branches of the military and families of soldiers with PTSD, I can say first hand that your knowledge and experience (both on and off the battlefield ) will be an invaluable asset for all who suffer from this traumatic disease. PLEASE keep posting and sharing your knowledge with the world:)
Thank you so much Melissa for joining WeHeal and for helping others by sharing your story! I also suffered extreme PTSD after 2 years on my deathbed fighting cancer with docs saying I had not chance of survival, and having every patient I met during those two years die. It was a battle scene in its own way, one that is very…[Read more]
very nice example of being present. i have the sandia mts out my motel window and watching the sky change is really a delight. i don’t walk much as i tried to commit suicide in 2012 and fell so hard it frightened me. i have yet to find a good emdr specialist here but i do respond well to it. the woman i am seeing i have not bounded w and she at…[Read more]