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Pets Help individuals with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Ashley,
 
I will try to respond with a picture and let you all know how it is going with the new dog later next week.  Right now we have her on a trial period to see if we are compatible. We have been very busy get dog treats and other stuff.  The only draw back that I can see so far is that most of the RV campgrounds will not allow you to stay at their campgrounds if you have a pit bull or  rotwhiler breed of dog and we do travel quite a bit.  Excuse the miss spelling please.  I am feeling a lot of anxiety and  panic about this camping thing right now. I had to take my xanax last night.  I'll know more after I call around and see where we can camp when we are traveling.  So I don't want to get to attached to her quite yet.  Talk to you all later.
 
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Supporting Each Other-Today

Sunny thanks for your response and understanding.  The hustle and bustle wears me out too.
 
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Supporting Each Other-Today

Davit,
 
I really get what you mean about the shakey feeling.  I woke up with one of those last nite was all shakey inside and outside as well.  I finally had to breakdown and take a zanax about 1:30 am and it finally started to work about 3:30 am.
I am lucky to have my partner who will hold me till the meds work and I stop shaking.  I have been have some problems today also related to some other stuff.   As for going out I guess I am going to have to get better at blocking out the blanking noise and also get better at blocking out whats going around me.  The city sure wasn't this big when I was a child and I spent a lot of time in the canyons looking for lizards, and polliwogs and rocks. It is not safe to do that anymore.   I am not sure you can ever get used to the city.  Anyway I guess we are all just trying to do the best we can to deal with what ever our situations is.  I want to thank you again Davit as usual for all your understanding and compassion.  You do know what this is all about.
 
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Supporting Each Other-Today

The axniety is pretty bad today.  I am hanging in there. I've been for a walk already today trying to keep it at bay.  It is hard living in my own skin when it gets like this.  Well I'm going to go see if I can find something to take my mind off of it for now.
I hope you are all doing well today.  Talk to you all later.
 
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Supporting Each Other-Today

Good morning everyone,
 
Sunny I do like taking pictures.  I have a collection of pictures I have taken on trips into the wilderness. They are all up loaded on my computer.  I do look at them when I am stressed to relax me.  This is the reason I started taking them in the first place.  Yes I guess taking pictures is becoming sort of a hobby for me. It is a pleasant distraction.  I have thought about printing some of them up and framing them and hanging them in the house. 
Today is going to be a big day for me.  We found out that the rv parks do not allow pit bull dogs in there parks so we will be taking the dog back to the shelter today.  I just can not give up traveling, it is our only way of escapeing the city when it gets to be to much for us.  Next week is jury duty for me and I am anxious about that right now.  After that I can go back to taking pictures again and maybe see if I can find a pet that we can love and travel with. 
Sunny I hope you have a relaxing day today watching the olympics and enjoying your walk. Sounds like a good plan. I also want to thank you for responding to my post.  It does make me feel better knowing that people care.
 
 
 
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Supporting Each Other-Today

Good evening Davit,
 
I totally agree with what you are saying. I am feeling much better now without the added stress.  I want to thank you for the input.  Sometimes I think we just need someone to bounce things off in order to think more clearly about a situation.  Thanks for responding and letting me bounce it off of you.
I was happy to hear that you are feeling better today and that you are with your friends today. I took a look at your new pictures.  It really is beautiful where you live.   Have a nice evening. Talk to you later.
 
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Hi, I'm new

househippo,
 
Welcome to the site and support group.  You will find this to be a very caring and supportive group.  I do not know what kind of problem you may be facing but this is a excellent program and it really does help.  I look forward to hearing from you  again soon.
 
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Accomplishments and other Postive Things

Today I put myself first and did what was best for me again.
I was able to make some hard decisions without going into a panic
My partner and I cooked a nice dinner together
 
 
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Accomplishments and other Postive Things

sunny:  Thanks, I will tell my partner you like his sunrise and sunset pictures.  He takes these while we are traveling. This sunset was  taken from the side of the road while on ours travels it was unbelievable in person.  We started taking these pictures to help with my ptsd so that I would have pretty pictures and memories to save and recall.  I do love these and look at them quite often. I feel your mind stores everything your see as a picture in your mind so having these picture helps me a great deal.  They may me feel good and I like sharing them with the group and hope that they make someone else feel good also.  All of the other pictures I put up are mine, the flowers and animals etc. I am just learning how to use the camera and do enjoy it.
 
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Running

I am getting closer to my jury duty date which is this coming Monday.  I am wondering how I am going to deal with not be able to just get up and run out of the court house when I can't take being there any more.  This is going to take a lot of self control on my part.  When I start feeling trapped in a situation my mind starts screaming I got to get out of here. This is going to be a all day affair not just a one hour affair.  This is going to be a major test of my will power. As the date is getting closer I find myself feeling anxious and sick.  I really don't want to do this and I have no choice.
 
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