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Jim ShortsOriginal Poster
Jul 24, 2015Here I set in my backyard at about 4 AM after waking up with what some would call a PTSD episode...what others would call a disturbing dream.
Since I'm clothed with just a robe which is open to enjoy the warm West Texas breeze while trying to relax after the episode, I wander about how many other veterans have to do this.
I'll post more about tonight later on today once I am more with it. Right now, my brain is kinda scrambled.
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- JSJim ShortsOriginal PosterJul 24, 2015[quote] Here I set in my backyard at about 4 AM after waking up with what some would call a PTSD episode...what others would call a disturbing dream. Since I'm clothed with just a robe which is open to enjoy the warm West Texas breeze while trying to relax after the episode, I wander about how many other veterans have to do this. I'll post more about tonight later on today once I am more with it. Right now, my brain is kinda scrambled.[/quote] What does flagging a post do? I hope that doesn't get this deleted; there is no follow button.ReactReply
- NANatureBoy24Jul 24, 2015[quote]What does flagging a post do? I hope that doesn't get this deleted; there is no follow button.[/quote]Flagging a post brings it to the attention of the moderators. They'll look at it and decide whether to delete it. In this case, I'm sure they won't.ReactReply
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KeithJul 24, 2015[quote] Here I set in my backyard at about 4 AM after waking up with what some would call a PTSD episode...what others would call a disturbing dream. Since I'm clothed with just a robe which is open to enjoy the warm West Texas breeze while trying to relax after the episode, I wander about how many other veterans have to do this. I'll post more about tonight later on today once I am more with it. Right now, my brain is kinda scrambled.[/quote]I am not a veteran of active service but a veteran of life.I too had a period when I lost it all and yes I have sessions where sleep is disturbed and no matter how one tries one ends up tossing and turning endlessly.
So I too get out of bed and head for the roof (which is flat concrete) and sit or lay naked looking at the lights of the buildings in our neighbouring districts or the stars that dot the skys while mother nature fans my body with warm gentle Saigon breezes. I do this because being nude with nature is such a great stress reliever as no doubt you will agree.
One must apply the mozzie repellant but with natures natural massage, nd the traquility of the lack of people generated nois polution the mind relaxes and one can again return to the land of slumber.Rest easy and enjoy JimReactReply - JSJim ShortsOriginal PosterJul 25, 2015[quote][quote] Here I set in my backyard at about 4 AM after waking up with what some would call a PTSD episode...what others would call a disturbing dream. Since I'm clothed with just a robe which is open to enjoy the warm West Texas breeze while trying to relax after the episode, I wander about how many other veterans have to do this. I'll post more about tonight later on today once I am more with it. Right now, my brain is kinda scrambled.[/quote]I am not a veteran of active service but a veteran of life.I too had a period when I lost it all and yes I have sessions where sleep is disturbed and no matter how one tries one ends up tossing and turning endlessly.
So I too get out of bed and head for the roof (which is flat concrete) and sit or lay naked looking at the lights of the buildings in our neighbouring districts or the stars that dot the skys while mother nature fans my body with warm gentle Saigon breezes. I do this because being nude with nature is such a great stress reliever as no doubt you will agree.
One must apply the mozzie repellant but with natures natural massage, nd the traquility of the lack of people generated nois polution the mind relaxes and one can again return to the land of slumber.Rest easy and enjoy Jim
[/quote]Thank you. I've been exhausted all day in part due to what happened last night. Emotionally it's very draining, and I guess I should go see my psychologist at the VA next week. It's important that such episodes be recorded and reported. This was the scariest episode I've ever had in 20 years since the Gulf War, and the trigger was weird looking back on it. I try not to watch things on TV that will disturb me, but sometimes my mind plays really weird tricks on me even when I'm fine neurologically as I also have epilepsy.I never rest well. It's always something...chronic pain, depression, PTSD or seizure symptoms, but I appreciate your good wishes."Jim Shorts," FounderTexas Naturists GroupReactReply - JSJim ShortsOriginal PosterJul 25, 2015[quote]I wish you well Jim, I myself am a former Royal Marine with service in Aden and the jungles of Borneo and Malaya, I to have a few ghosts but time heals. God be with you.Aye Dave[/quote]Thank you, Dave. I know that God is always with me, and I've enjoyed serving and living alongside the Brits when both my father and I were in the US Air Force.ReactReply
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Mark BoydJul 27, 2015US Navy Vet here. Joined under CIC Reagan, left under CIC Clinton.ReactReply - DE
DesertRatJul 27, 2015I served but was Stateside my entire time.ReactReply - JSJim ShortsOriginal PosterJul 30, 2015[quote] Here I set in my backyard at about 4 AM after waking up with what some would call a PTSD episode...what others would call a disturbing dream. Since I'm clothed with just a robe which is open to enjoy the warm West Texas breeze while trying to relax after the episode, I wander about how many other veterans have to do this. I'll post more about tonight later on today once I am more with it. Right now, my brain is kinda scrambled.[/quote]Thanks to everyone that responded especially the vets. I hope you'll friend me and join Texas Naturists, especially
alwaysnaked1071I bet we have a lot in common.ReactReply - MEMemberJul 30, 2015Jim...just another one that answered the call but got lucky. Went to Grenada, the Central America routine and a little down south. It was not any real combat but went where the orders said go. Do know that your work helped keep countless stateside people safe; we were all there as directed. Good luck and remember we're all with you. John.ReactReply
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Tom === Thomas S. TierneyJul 31, 2015WWIIReactReply - MA
macnudeJul 31, 2015I don’t think I ever had PTSD, however, it was a big mistake attending the Village’s fireworks display shortly after leaving DaNang RVN in June of 1968. Now, many years later I enjoy shooting my pistols on the range. The nightmares of RVN are in the distant past but twelve years after retiring from a high stress job which I held for twenty-five years, recollections of that job still gives me sleepless nights. An active lifestyle, nudism and spoiling my grandkids keeps my life on track. Good LuckReactReply - JSJim ShortsOriginal PosterAug 3, 2015[quote]I served but was Stateside my entire time.[/quote]My dad did as well except for one accompanied tour when we all went to England, and that was during the Vietnam Era. His planes never went, so we never did. He served 21 years and I served 6.3ReactReply
- JSJim ShortsOriginal PosterAug 3, 2015[quote]Ex-USAF. Cold warrior in the 70' and 80's. Vark fixer.[/quote]My dad was an F-111 crew chief. I was a, "Munitions Specialist,"/BB stacker.ReactReply
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USAF '74 to '94 + 6 w/DOD in Europe. You name it, 4yrs in R&D, a few years in AC-130s, some SAR work along the way & various other duties, as assigned.
Hang in there bro, I still remember the sound of bullets whizzing by and the 'crumph' of the 1st load of fireworks coming out of a mortar tube on July 4th one year. Can't tell you how close I came to diving for the bushes, the only cover around.ReactReply - JSJim ShortsOriginal PosterAug 12, 2015[quote][quote]WWII
[/quote]Out of curiosity, how were you in WWII? It ended in 1945, you would have only been 15 if we go by the ageo of 85 that you claim on your profile. My dad was born in 1926 and he lied about his age to get into the Army to fight in WWII. [/quote]There are only a few WWII veterans even living today.ReactReply - JSJim ShortsOriginal PosterOct 14, 2015[quote]
[/quote]As I lay here in excruciating pain thinking of my military experiences, after much thought and prayer over quite awhile, I have come to an important decision. That is to file for 100% disability through the VA for, "Individual unemployability," as they call it. I haven't worked at all in a year, and I hadn't worked full time for 15 years prior to that.
This is very hard for me, because I am an ambitious person with an entrepreneurial spirit.
Any friendship and counsel is appreciated. I'm here to make friends (hopefully some locally), and I haven't had much luck.ReactReply - T=Tom === Thomas S. TierneyOct 14, 2015[quote] [quote] [quote]WWII
[/quote] Out of curiosity, how were you in WWII? It ended in 1945, you would have only been 15 if we go by the ageo of 85 that you claim on your profile. My dad was born in 1926 and he lied about his age to get into the Army to fight in WWII. [/quote] There are only a few WWII veterans even living today.
[/quote]I was born in 1927. I turned 17 in 1944. I enlisted. I just haven't bothered to update my profile.
NOTE:
October 24, 1951, President Harry Truman proclaimed that the nation's war with Germany, begun in 1941, is officially over.
Fighting had ended in the spring of 1945.ReactReply - DO
DonOct 17, 201516 year Canadian vet here, no combat but as a medic I saw enough to screw me up and get some PTSD, at least enough to get a bit of insight into what others feel. I had a pretty good treatment program a couple years ago, but still keep my back to the wall most the time. It's too cold to sit outside nude here now, but when I can it does help clear away the terrorsReactReply