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By Charlene Rubush, January 18, 2010 8:41 pm

While recently researching resources for dealing with PTSD, I was amazed by the volume of helping websites, support groups, organizations, literature, etc. My first reaction was sheer joy, and my second reaction was the thought “How my life might have been different, if I’d only known what I’d been dealing with!”

For my heartbreaks and challenges, living with PTSD, started in the mid-60′s. Of course, this was long before the term “PTSD” had been coined. So I floundered around, just trying to live life; doing my best day by day, and yet knowing, deep in my gut, I was living an abnormal life. I tried denying it. Telling myself, “oh, my life is just very interesting, more interesting than most.” Right-o… Continue reading 'Lets Talk About it'»

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By Charlene Rubush, January 15, 2010 12:18 pm

Hello all,

I’ve decided to create this site to increase the focus on wives, sweethearts, husbands, children, families, siblings, friends, bosses, etc. of combat vets, and their unique problems, as they interact with PTSD-affected veterans.

With thousands upon thousands of veterans returning home from Iraq, Afghanistan, and other hotspots around the world, the challenges of readjustment to civilian life are upon us.

I know of where I speak, as I have personal experience with combat-related PTSD. As a former wife of a Vietnam veteran, I lived with PTSD long before it had a name. After serving two tours in the Marine Corps (1966-68) my former husband came home with complex emotional problems. Continue reading 'A Welcome from Charlene'»